United States v. Kenneth D. Evans

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• holding that trial court did not commit plain error in taking judicial notice that alleged crime took place in high-crime area
• upholding the search of a vehicle based on furtive movements as well as the defendant’s decision to park in front of a house known to be involved in drug trafficking
• noting that the Fourth Amendment only precludes unreasonable seizures
• protective search lawful given the defendant's manner of driving when initially observed, furtive gesture and act of voluntarily stopping in front of a reported drug house and the location of the encounter in a high crime neighborhood
• after the officers had activated their lights and sirens to pull the car over, the car’s occupants were observed “lean[ing] forward at a forty-five degree angle for several seconds, as to place or retrieve something under the seat”

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