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071734P.pdf 07/21/2008 United States v. Maurice Griffith
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 07-1734
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City
[PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with John R. Gibson and Melloy, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law. Officers were justified in expanding the
scope of the initial consensual encounter to a Terry stop; defendant's
statement identifying himself and the search of the vehicle in which he
was riding were not the result of an illegal detention; defendant's post-
Miranda statement was voluntary and admissible.