Legal Opinion
United States v. Adler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 31, 2009No. 09-1775PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of a traffic stop near a ruse checkpoint that led to a search of Laura Adler’s truck and the seizure of 470 pounds of marijuana. The district court granted Adler’s motion to suppress the evidence from the search, holding that the trooper who conducted the traffic stop did not have probable cause to believe that Adler committed a traffic violation. We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
On April 23, 2008, the Nebraska State Patrol set up a ruse narcotics checkpoint on a stretch of Interstate 80 in Nebraska. The troopers posted signs indicating that drug dogs were…
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