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United States of America v. Paul Ray Jones

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 18, 2001No. 99-3027PublishedCited by 102 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Paul Ray Jones pled guilty to a charge of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it, but he reserved the right to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. We reverse the district court’s ruling on the suppression mo*694tion and accordingly vacate Jones’s conviction and sentence.

Jones arrived at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield on a. flight from Phoenix. As Jones left the airport, Nebraska State Patrol Investigator Richard Lutter noticed that rather than proceeding in a straight line, Jones walked around a bank of telephones. Lutter found…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. Jose Leon BarahonaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  3. United States v. Leroy HeathCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. HathcockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  5. United States of America v. Eric GrayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000

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3Cited by102 opinions

  1. United States v. Spotted ElkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
  2. United States of America, Cross-Appellant/appellee v. James Randall Sanders, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  3. United States v. Craig Sanders, A/K/A SparksCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. Keith A. Va LerieCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
  5. State of Iowa v. Dale Dean Pettijohn Jr.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2017

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