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203054P.pdf 11/08/2021 United States v. Christin Campbell-Martin
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 20-3054
and No: 20-3181
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Stras, Circuit
Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Considering all of the
relevant circumstances, the police officer's initial encounter with the
defendants was a consensual encounter and, even if it became
nonconsensual, the officer had reasonable suspicion to question them and
ask for their identification; after asking for their identification
information, the officer had reasonable suspicion to believe they had
provided false information and might be involved in criminal activity; as
a result, the evidence seized from the defendants' vehicle was not
excludable under the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine; search of a
backpack found on the floor of the car was a valid search incident to
arrest; the district court did not err in denying defendant Martin's
request for a two-level minor role reduction under Guidelines Sec.
3B1.2(b); defendant Leiva stipulated in his plea agreement that he
knowingly and intentionally possessed methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of
a school, and the district court did not err in imposing a two-level
enhancement under Guidelines Sec. 2D1.2(a)(1) for an offense involving a
protected location; nor did the court err in determining that Leiva's 2018
drug-possession offense was not relevant conduct to the instant offense
and could be assessed three-criminal history points.