Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 29, 2007No. 06-6339PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the constitutionality of a pat-down search of a car passenger that resulted in the discovery of over one pound of powder cocaine. Lamar Wilson was a passenger in a car driven by Michael Jones when the car was pulled over by police officers because neither man was wearing a seat belt. The encounter escalated from a routine traffic stop into a pat-down search for weapons. During this pat-down search, a package wrapped in duet tape, later discovered to be cocaine, fell from one of Wilson’s pant legs.
The district court granted Wilson’s…
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