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082688P.pdf 06/25/2009 United States v. Michael Suitt
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-2688
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Chief Judge Loken and
Wollman, Circuit Judges]
Criminal Case - suppression. Use of dog sniff that led to discovery of
marijuana stored in defendants automobile was not the result of an
unconstitutionally prolonged traffic stop. Because there was reasonable
suspicion to prolong the stop for additional questioning after the basis for
the initial stop had been resolved, use of dog sniff did not implicate
Fourth Amendment and constituted a de minimis extension of the stop.