United States v. Parke

OPINION AND ORDER

ROSEN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant David Michael Parke has moved this Court to suppress drugs, firearms, and money seized as a result of Flint Police Officer Frank Sorensen’s stop of Parke’s car for failing to signal a left turn. Parke argues that Sorensen’s stop for the traffic violation was pretextual. Moreover, Parke asserts that he did not consent to the search of his person and luggage.

The Court has carefully reviewed Parke’s motion, and it also conducted a full evidentiary hearing on December 2, 1993. It is now prepared to rule on Parke’s motion, and this…