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053517P.pdf   08/04/2006  USA  v.  Courtney Allen Coney
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  05-3517
                          and No:  05-3931
                          and No:  05-3590
   District of Nebraska   
   [PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Bye,
   Circuit Judge]
   Criminal case - criminal law. Defendants' van was speeding, and the
   officer had probable cause to make a traffic stop; whether officer had
   taken all steps required by Nebraska law to assure the admissibility of his
   radar gun readings in a speeding prosecution in Nebraska state court is
   not relevant to the issue of probable cause in this federal drug
   prosecution; officer had authority to extend the stop to question
   passengers of the rented van; district court did not err in concluding that
   the after the traffic stop ended, officer's questioning did not constitute an
   illegal detention but was merely a consensual encounter; driver
   authorized in rental agreement gave a valid consent to search the van.