United States v. Horasio Herrera-Gonzalez

GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

The Government appeals the district court’s decision to grant Horasio Herrera-Gonzalez’s ' motion to suppress evidence seized after a search of his car during a traffic stop. Because we believe the traffic stop was lawful and, even if it was not, Herrera-Gonzalez’s voluntary consent to the search purged any arguable taint of the stop, we reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

During the clear mid-morning of July 18, 2005, Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Scott Faiferlick had been traveling for some distance behind Herrera-Gonzalez’s vehicle eastbound on Interstate 80, a four-lane interstate…