222670P.pdf   07/28/2023  United States  v.  Sergio Jimenez
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  22-2670
   U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska - Omaha   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Stras and Kobes, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant, who was wearing a blanket over 
   his shoulders as a cape was stopped by drug interdiction agents at the 
   Omaha bus terminal; held, the officers erred in forcibly removing the 
   blanket without first conducting a patdown search to determine if there 
   were any weapons or hidden items present underneath the blanket; since the 
   removal of the blanket violated the Fourth Amendment, all of the evidence 
   subsequently discovered was inadmissible and must be suppressed; 
   defendant's conviction is vacated, and the matter is remanded for further 
   proceedings. Judge Stras, dissenting.