Where a defendant, who was convicted of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, challenged the trial court’s refusal to suppress evidence and statements, the initial contact between the defendant and the arresting officer was consensual, which developed into a reasonable suspicion of ...

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Where a defendant moved to suppress methamphetamine evidence seized from his vehicle’s undercarriage during a traffic stop, a combination of facts including confusion as to who owned the vehicle, the defendant and adult passenger’s supplying different names, an explanation that ...

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Where a defendant argued that an officer impermissibly extended a valid traffic stop by detaining him to wait for a canine unit, the totality of the circumstances gave the officer the grounds to extend the stop and order the drug ...

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Where a juvenile, who was convicted of the unlawful use of a weapon, argued that a search of his bag by school officials was unconstitutional, the judgment is affirmed because reasonable suspicion supported the search, and the search was reasonably ...

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Where a defendant challenged the denial of a motion to suppress evidence found after he was questioned about a domestic disturbance and then arrested after the officers saw that he was standing on a bag of methamphetamine, the encounter was ...

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Where a defendant was loitering on Halloween night with a large group of people, including gang members, and an officer observed him kneeling on the ground behind a car, the officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry stop, so ...

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Where a defendant, who was arrested after an officer observed him place a gun in his waistband, argued that the officer lacked a reasonable suspicion that he was engaged in criminal activity because the officer had no reason to suspect ...

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State v. Galen (MLW No. 71968/Case No. ED105874 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Gaertner, J.)

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U.S. v. McLemore (MLW No. 71567/Case No. 17-1683 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Loken, J.)

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State v. Barlow (MLW No. 71501/Case No. WD80363 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.)

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U.S. v. Collins (MLW No. 71428/Case No. 17-2246 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam)

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