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U.S. v. ROY

No. 88-5230.

869 F.2d 1427 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert William ROY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 10, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Allan J. Sullivan, William F. Jung, Mayra Reyler Lichter, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

John S. Berk, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Jon May, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY , Chief Circuit Judge.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.

Holding that the existence of probable cause is based on the totality of the circumstances using an objective rather than a subjective standard, we reverse the district court's order granting a motion to suppress evidence.

FACTS

On August 14, 1987, at approximately 2:30 p.m. a United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment Team (LEDT), detected a United States vessel, the...

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