United States v. Reginald Williams

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Reginald Williams appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress physical evidence obtained from searches of Williams’ rental car and motel room, and argues that the district court 1 erred in failing to dismiss sua sponte the superseding indictment for vindictive prosecution. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On September 13, 2012, Williams was arrested in the parking lot of a Days Inn motel in Hazelwood, Missouri. Williams’ arrest came as a result of a sting operation in which law enforcement from several jurisdictions attempted to locate a missing minor female from…