Legal Opinion
United States v. Rickey L. Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2001No. 01-1293PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.
Rickey L. Smith appeals the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm.
I
On the morning of March 3, 2000, officers conducting surveillance of the Omaha, Nebraska, bus station observed Smith and his traveling companion, Troy Bales, arrive on a bus from California. Smith and Bales carried very little luggage, and instead of entering the terminal with the other arriving passengers they walked around the parked buses and directly to the street, heading in the direction of a taxi stand. Based on their experience in law enforcement, the officers became…
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