United States v. Steven Eugene Smith, Randy Ray Smith

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• concluding that nine factors, including the stoned appearance of oné vehicle occupant, food wrappers in the car, and the nervousness of the occupants, did not establish a reasonable suspicion
• noting that such factors are “so innocent or susceptible to varying interpretations as to be innocuous”
• noting that suspicious statements “may give rise to reasonable suspicion of criminal activity”
• declining to adopt a -8- No. 22-2151, United States v. Ferguson States, 584 U.S. 395, 411 (2018
• noting the officer didn’t “[ask] further questions regarding [the defendants’] travel plans, destination or business”
• finding no “substantial prejudice” beyond the defendant’s conditions of pre-trial release that would justify discretionary dismissal of an appeal under Section 3731

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