Criminal Law: Traffic Stop-Probable Cause-Failure to Use Signals

Where an officer reasonably believed that defendant violated traffic laws when he stopped his vehicle past a stop sign, and because the district court found in the alternative that the vehicle’s failure to use turn signals was an independent basis for probable cause, the court’s judgment denying suppression is affirmed.

Judgment is affirmed.

U.S. v. Miller (MLW No. 72767/Case No. 18-1507 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Magnuson, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Gritzner, J. (Jim K. McGough, Omaha, Nebraska, argued for appellant) (Shelly Sudmann, Council Bluffs, Iowa, argued for appellee).