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U.S. v. WILSON

No. 87-8914.

853 F.2d 869 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bobby Joe WILSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ritchie, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

F. Gentry Shelnutt, Jr., Julie E. Carnes, Asst. U.S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and PAINE, District Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Once more this court must decide whether evidence should have been suppressed as the fruit of a pretextual "seizure" of a person for violation of a traffic offense.1 We conclude that the arrest of appellant did not violate the fourth amendment and that the district court did not err in denying appellant's suppression motion.

I.

As the facts are largely undisputed, we accept them as recited in...

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