Legal Opinion
United States v. Martece Puckett
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 6, 2005No. 04-5988PublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSiler, J., joined by Reeves, D. J.,
ROGERS, J. (p. 346), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Martece Puckett was arrested for drug and gun possession following a search of his vehicle after a routine traffic stop. He contends that the stop was illegal for lack of probable cause. Accordingly, Puckett appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained by the police pursuant to his traffic stop and the district court’s denial of a motion for a downward departure of his sentence. For the reasons discussed below, we AFFIRM.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2002, Officer Felix Vess…
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