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· 9/25/1992

United States v. Robert B. French (90-6222) Jay C. Emerson (90-6407) James W. Caldwell (90-6408) Kenneth L. Foster (90-6477)

Citations

  • 974 F.2d 687

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  • holding that reasonable suspicion existed to stop defendants who had been riding in tandem with a truck that possessed a marijuana odor
  • determining detention of defendants while waiting for a drug dog located fifty miles away was reasonable
  • under a common authority theory, the driver’s voluntary consent to search the automobile was effective as to both the driver and the passenger
  • forty-five minutes between stop and consent did not amount to coercion

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Judges: Keith, Siler, Wellford

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