Legal Opinion
United States v. Angela Jones Also Known as Simila Butler
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1993No. 92-2088PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
The Government appeals the district court’s order suppressing evidence police officers seized from Angela Jones’s train luggage. The district court concluded Jones’s consent to a dog-sniff search of the luggage was involuntary. Because we conclude the officers had reasonable suspicion to justify detaining the luggage for a dog-sniff regardless of Jones’s consent, we reverse and remand.
Jones paid cash for a one-way Amtrak train ticket from Los Angeles to Indianapolis in the name of S. Butler. Jones traveled in a sleeper compartment with her suitcase and small travel bag.…
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