United States v. Gregory McFayden

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

Gregory McFayden (“appellant”) appeals a decision of the District Court denying his motion to suppress evidence of narcotics that were inadvertently discovered in his automobile after it was stopped at a police traffic roadblock. The appellant claims that the roadblock was unconstitutional because it served no legitimate governmental interest. Therefore, according to the appellant, because the police had no reasonable suspicion to believe that either he or his automobile were subject to seizure for…