181890P.pdf   04/03/2020  United States  v.  Jose Sanchez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  18-1890
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Benton and Kelly, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The circumstances present, including the 
   late hour,defendant's lack of a driver's license, his inability to provide 
   the name of his vehicle's owner and a credible explanation of the purpose 
   of the trip, provided the officer with a reasonable suspicion that the 
   vehicle was transporting contraband and permitted him to extend the 
   traffic stop; absent a physical trespass and during an otherwise lawfully 
   extended search, an officer may look at the undercarriage of a vehicle 
   without probable cause; officer's observation of a black plastic bag 
   through the underside of the truck, together with the other facts and 
   circumstances, gave the officer probable cause to believe the bag 
   contained contraband and a legal basis for the subsequent seizure of the 
   bag. Judge Kelly, dissenting.