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041480P.pdf 01/04/2005 USA v. Kenny Smart
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-1480
Southern District of Iowa
Criminal case - criminal law. District court erred in suppressing
evidence seized following a traffic stop; officer had an objectively
reasonable basis for stopping the car - his belief that it was illegally
displaying a single license plate; the possibility that there was no
violation, and the subsequent determination that there was not, does not
mean the initial suspicion was unreasonable or could not support the stop.
[PUBLISHED] [M. Arnold, Author, with Bowman and Riley, Circuit Judges]