United States v. Robert Eugene Oakley

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Robert Oakley appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained by a police officer incident to a warrantless arrest of Oakley. Oakley con tends that the officer lacked probable cause to arrest him and that the evidence, as the fruit of an illegal search, was inadmissible. We affirm.

On August 29, 1997, at approximately 2:10 p.m., an African American male robbed a Des Moines, Iowa, bank of $11,766. During the robbery, he carried a gun and wore blue jeans and a dark baseball cap. At approximately 3:00 p.m., Des Moines police lieutenant Kelly…