231012P.pdf   12/14/2023  United States  v.  Chad Betts
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  23-1012
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Kelly and Stras, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The state trooper prolonged the traffic stop 
   by returning to defendant's vehicle to question his passenger, and the 
   district court erred in considering the information gleaned from the 
   passenger in determining whether the officer had reasonable suspicion; 
   however, even without this information from the passenger, the trooper had 
   enough information based on defendant's appearance and behavior, the fact 
   that he was on parole for drug activity and was headed for a destination 
   known as a drug source and his travel plans and movements, to form a 
   reasonable suspicion that defendant was in possession of illegal drugs; 
   the evidence seized during the subsequent search was admissible. Judge 
   Kelly, dissenting.