United States v. Coulter

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

NEIL M. GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

This case began with a stake out. Detectives Phil Williams and Josh Herren had their eye on a particular house in Oklahoma City. Because the house sat on a cul de sac, the detectives risked being noticed if they parked them unmarked pickup on the street. So they cruised through the neighborhood, periodically checking on their target.

But the real trouble began down the street when a neighbor, Sheila Coulter, noticed the truck pass his house repeatedly. Mr. Coulter was standing outside, talking on his cell phone. During one of the detectives’…