U.S. v. VASEY

No. 86-3157.

834 F.2d 782 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Allen VASEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Diskin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Richard Hansen, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Before FLETCHER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and MacBRIDE, Senior District Judge.


MacBRIDE, Senior District Judge.

Michael Allen Vasey appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized from his vehicle by police officers after he was stopped for a routine traffic violation and arrested on an outstanding felony drug warrant. The police conducted a warrantless search of the vehicle at the arrest site and a subsequent, more thorough search after impounding the vehicle and obtaining a search warrant. The district court initially found that...

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