Legal Opinion
United States v. Terence D. Dexter
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 20, 1999No. 98-1780PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Terence D. Dexter together with Cedric A. Dumas was convicted of possession of cocaine base and conspiracy to distribute cocaine base. Dexter appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He claims that police illegally seized a plastic bag containing the cocaine base during a traffic stop. He also claims that the state trooper who made the stop unreasonably detained him after the initial purpose of the traffic stop had been achieved. Because the trooper did have reasonable suspicion to make the traffic stop and the scope of the trooper’s investigation after…
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