UNITED STATES v. BURNETT

No. 85-5219.

791 F.2d 64 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence M. BURNETT, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Weiner (argued), Robert G. Amsel, Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey and Ross, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Louis DeFalaise, U.S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., James Zerhusen (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Covington, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KEITH and MILBURN, Circuit Judges and HIGGINS, District Judge.


HIGGINS, District Judge.

The appeal in this case arises from the early morning stop and arrest of the appellant, Lawrence M. Burnett, Jr., and his wife, and the subsequent seizure of 245 grams of cocaine from the trunk of the wife's rental car.

I.

Shortly before midnight on December 23, 1983, Lawrence M. Burnett, Jr., and Gabriella E. Voelker Burnett, his wife, arrived at the Budget Rent-a-Car booth in Terminal...

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