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092977P.pdf   07/21/2010  United States  v.  Jonathan McCarty
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2977
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Rapid City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law. Officer's expansion of the traffic stop was justified as the officer had a reasonable suspicion, based on his experience and the facts presented, that defendant was committing a drug offense; defendant's pre and post-Miranda statements to officers were admissible; search of gas tank did not exceed the scope of probable cause; claim that the search raised equal protection issues was waived by defendant's plea agreement.