State v. Conroy

OPINION OF THE COURT

NICHOLAS GEEKER, Circuit Judge.

This cause is before the Court pursuant to notice and evidentiary hearing upon defendant’s motion to suppress evidence of a quantity of cocaine seized as a result of a warrantless search of a rental automobile driven and occupied by defendant. The historical facts relevant to disposition of defendant’s motion may be chronicled as follows:

Defendant was observed at 2:55 p.m. on February 9, 1985, travelling at an unlawful speed west-bound on Interstate 10, by Trooper Stall-worth. Defendant was followed a short distance and eventually stopped by…