United States v. Floyd Coleman

In this criminal appeal, Defendant-Appellant Floyd Coleman argues that his conviction for the federal crime of carrying and using a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), should be reversed and remanded, with instructions that evidence seized pursuant to the stop and search of his car be suppressed. Agreeing with the district court’s ruling that the officers directing the stop of Coleman’s car had a reasonable suspicion that its occupants were engaged in illicit activities, we affirm. Disagreeing with the district court’s determination that the “plain…