Legal Opinion
United States v. Lopez
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 27, 2017No. 15-3130, 15-3134PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTZ, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Adrienne Lopez and Angela Lopez, no relation, appeal their convictions and sentences on charges of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and conspiracy to do so. We need not address most of their arguments because we agree with them that the methamphetamine found in their car must be suppressed. They were properly stopped because Angela was speeding. But the officer did not have reasonable suspicion to continue their detention to obtain a drug-detection dog after he issued Angela a warning and Defendants refused to consent to a search of their…
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