Legal Opinion
United States v. Eugene L. Dawdy
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1995No. 97-3859PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals the suppression of evidence supporting a charge against Eugene L. Dawdy of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. The district court found that the police investigative stop that resulted in the charge was invalid from its inception; the court ruled, moreover, that even if the stop were valid, the subsequent search of the Dawdy’s car was not reasonably related in scope to the purpose of the stop. The district court further concluded that Dawdy’s resistance to arrest did not create an independent ground for…
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