Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Albert Miller
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 1987No. 85-3850PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the stop and search of the car which the appellant was driving, and the question of whether the drugs found in the car must be suppressed under the Fourth Amendment. The facts of this case are nearly identical to those in United States v. Smith, 799 F.2d 704 (11th Cir.1986): The case involves the same Florida state trooper, using the same drug courier profile on the same highway. Because the government has not successfully distinguished the Smith case, that case controls and we therefore reverse the denial of the appellant’s motion to suppress and we…
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