United States v. Cervine

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CROW, Senior District Judge.

This case comes before the court on defendant John J. Cervine’s motion to suppress evidence derived from a traffic stop on March 11, 2000, and all statements he made on that date. The parties presented their positions in memoranda filed with the court and in oral arguments and evidence submitted in a hearing conducted on July 26, 2001.

FACTS

In the latter half of 1999, state and federal agents were investigating several individuals for their possible involvement in the production and trafficking of methamphetamine in southeast Kansas. Preliminary…