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· 12/7/1994

United States v. Robert E. White

Citations

  • 42 F.3d 457
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 34219
  • 1994 WL 683024

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that eighty-minute wait for drug-detecting canine was reasonable
  • reasonable suspicion that there is contraband in the vehicle justifies greater intrusion unrelated to the traffic stop
  • “The wait of about one hour and twenty minutes pending arrival of the drug dog was a reasonable period to detain the truck.”
  • delay of one hour and twenty minutes waiting for arrival of drug dog was reasonable where officer acted diligently and delay was caused by remote location of the dog from the site of the stop
  • 80-minute detention to wait for drug dog not unreasonable
  • circumstances may justify greater intrusion unrelated to the traffic stop

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Judges: Bowman, Magill, Hansen

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