United States v. Oliver

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals the district court’s grant of Defendant Arthur Alvin Oliver’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop. We exercise jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3731 and reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

On the afternoon of October 13, 2001, Sergeant Ryan Bauer of the Utah Highway Patrol was patrolling Interstate 15 in Beaver County, Utah, when he observed a blue Ford driven by Defendant exceeding the speed limit. He turned on his emergency lights and pulled the car over for speeding. The activation of the lights triggered the police vehicle’s audio/video *1064equip…