United States v. Salazar

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

After the government indicted him for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, Shaun J. Salazar filed a motion to suppress the evidence that a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper discovered in Mr. Salazar’s pickup truck during a January 19, 2008 detention. Mr. Salazar argued that, when the trooper activated his emergency lights, he submitted to the officer’s show of authority by slowly backing up his pickup truck for about twenty seconds and then driving forward to the driver’s side of the patrol car. At that point, Mr. Salazar maintained, the trooper lacked…