United States v. Marrico Spears

FORTUNATO P. BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge: *

Defendant-Appellant Marrico Edward Spears (“Spears”) appeals his jury trial *895conviction and sentence for drug and firearm offenses. Law enforcement officers stopped Spears as he was driving from a house under surveillance for drug activity and, after detaining him for almost forty minutes while attempting to obtain a drug-sniffing dog, searched his vehicle. Spears appeals, inter alia, the district court’s denial of his motion to exclude evidence obtained as a result of the search and seizure, contending the search and seizure violated the Fourth…