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112994P.pdf   07/17/2012  United States  v.  Robert Ellis Hastings
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-2994
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Bright and Murphy, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - Criminal law. It was objectively reasonable for the
   stopping officer to believe that defendant's action in crossing two
   highway lanes to make a belated exit was unsafe and justified a traffic
   stop; defendant failed to show any nexus between an allegedly prolonged
   detention and the discovery of the firearms; plain view doctrine permitted
   seizure of weapons even if they were not covered by the warrant in the
   case as the incriminating nature of the weapons was immediately
   apparent.