United States Eighth Circuit

In a prosecution for drug-related offenses, denial of a motion to suppress drugs and incriminating statements defendant made in the course of a traffic stop is affirmed where: 1) under the circumstances, police's use of a checkpoint as a ruse designed to induce drug traffickers to avoid it by leaving the highway did not violate defendant's constitutional rights; and 2) sufficient evidence existed to support a finding that defendant did not come to a complete stop at a stop sign, and troopers therefore had probable cause for the traffic stop.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/07/2008
• Published 01/07/2008

Judges

• MURPHY, Circuit Judge., Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sean J. Brennan, argued, Licoln, NE, for appellant., Lynnett Wagner, argued, Special AUSA, Licoln, NE, for appelle.