Legal Opinion

United States v. William Edward Richardson

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided September 24, 2004No. 02-6146PublishedCited by 102 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J., joined by Moore, J.,

KENNEDY, J. (pp. 632-34), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

The United States of America appeals the district court’s grant of William Edward Richardson’s motion to suppress evidence seized from a vehicle in which he was a passenger. In light of the specific facts of this case and for the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM.

I

On October 19, 2000, Officer Darryl Fisher noticed a vehicle recklessly swerving between two eighteen-wheel trucks on Interstate 65 in Tennessee. Officer Fisher pulled the vehicle over for following too closely in violation of…

2Cases cited29 opinions

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  3. United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by102 opinions

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