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191827P.pdf 04/09/2020 United States v. Jamien Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-1827
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Loken, Circuit
Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The police officers lawfully continued their
investigatory stop as defendant admitted threatening the reporting party,
and the officers had at least a reasonable suspicion defendant had
committed the Iowa offense of harassment; officers had sufficient
suspicion to justify an expansion of the investigation by asking for ID;
officers had probable cause to search defendant's vehicle as they smelled
marijuana when he opened his car door to retrieve his ID.