201241P.pdf   10/12/2021  United States  v.  Charlie Foster
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-1241
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Kelly, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not abuse its 
   discretion in deciding, in the absence of disputed facts, that it could 
   decide defendant's motion to suppress without an evidentiary hearing; the 
   police officer had probable cause to make the initial traffic stop as a 
   reasonable officer could have believed based on initial observation that 
   the cracked windshield on the vehicle presented a safety defect; the 
   officer did not unreasonably prolong the stop by asking for the 
   occuants'identification after he noted the crack did not obstruct the 
   driver's view.