193068P.pdf   03/05/2021  United States  v.  Chimanga Smith
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-3068
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Colloton and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Officers had probable cause to stop 
   defendant's vehicle because its plates were registered to a different 
   vehicle; defendant's earlier flight from officers made it reasonable for 
   the officers to box his car in when they spotted it at a gas station; 
   defendant's failure to comply with police orders and his furtive actions 
   gave officers grounds to handcuff him and his earlier flight and admission 
   he had fled gave officers probable cause to arrest him; after defendant 
   was arrested, the fact that a handgun was in plain view and the car 
   smelled of burnt marijuana gave officers probable cause to search the 
   vehicle and seize the gun; shining a flashlight into the car did not 
   violate the Fourth Amendment; on the facts of the case, the district court 
   did not err in denying defendant's request for a lesser-included 
   instruction on simple possession of methamphetamine.