United States v. Amad Zambrana

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The Government appeals the decision of the district court' to grant Amad Zambra-na’s motion to suppress narcotics found in his rental car, as well as statements made by Mr. Zambrana and by Babar Shah, the car’s passenger. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we vacate the decision of the district court and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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BACKGROUND

A. Facts

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on April 18, 2002, Officer Mike Reichert, a patrolman for the City of Collinsville, Illinois, made a traffic stop on Interstate 55-70 that…