United States v. Randolph

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Joshua Randolph entered a conditional plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). He appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his motion to suppress evidence, contending that his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when police officers initiated a traffic stop without reasonable suspicion to do so and unlawfully searched the vehicle he had been driving. We affirm.

I. Background

Detective Don Stanze of the Kansas City police department and his partner were conducting surveillance when they noticed…