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061838P.pdf   02/05/2007  USA  v.  Kevin Donnelly
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-1838
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Riley and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law and Sentencing. Based on a number of factors, including defendant's behavior, his answers to questions and his physical condition, the officer responding to a traffic accident involving defendant had reasonable suspicion to believe defendant may have been transporting and using drugs, and the officer was justified in continuing his investigation by using a drug dog; the delay required to conduct the drug dog sniff was not unreasonable; given the totality of the circumstances, defendant's behavior and condition and the drug dog's record, and positive alert, the officer had probable cause for a warrantless search; sentence was not unreasonable, and defendant's rehabilitative efforts were properly weighed.