Legal Opinion
United States v. Danny Lee Beatty
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1999No. 98-1792PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Danny Lee Beatty appeals from a final judgment entered by the district court 1 following his conditional pleas of guilty to one count of drug trafficking, and one count of knowingly carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. We affirm.
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The facts are largely uncontroverted. Beatty disputes the legal ramifications arising from the facts.
While patrolling Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, during the late evening of March 6, 1997, Deputy Gary Coop 2 observed a pickup truck without a working license plate illumination light as required by Arkansas law. See Ark.Code Ann.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Maryland v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Knowles v. IowaSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- United States of America, Cross-Appellant/appellee v. Thomas Jeffrey Raines, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
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