United States v. Clark

Defendant Antoine Clark appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence from the stop and search of his vehicle. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.

BACKGROUND

In 2000, in Frankfort, Kentucky, Police Officer Charles Adams was sitting in his cruiser, parked near the R & C Sports Bar. At approximately 2:00 a.m., Adams heard a car “rev up” and saw it “take off at a high rate of speed or rapidly for the ... parking lot conditions, with people and other cars around.” Kentucky law provides that “[n]o person shall start a vehicle that is stopped or parked unless and until the…