United States v. Evans

The United States appealed the district court's grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of illegal drugs and a firearm found in a search of his car after a traffic stop. Applying Rodriquez v. United States, the court held that the officer’s prolongation of the traffic stop to conduct both an ex-felon registration check and a “dog sniff” violated the Fourth Amendment unless the officer had independent reasonable suspicion to support the prolongations. The court vacated and remanded for the district court to address whether the officer had such reasonable suspicion. View "United States v. Evans" on Justia Law