U.S. v. LOCKLIN

No. 91-2202EM.

943 F.2d 838 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Deondre L. LOCKLIN, a/k/a Deondre L. Thomas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam C. Bertolet, St. Louis, Mo., argued (Stephen B. Higgins, Steven E. Holtshouser and Sam C. Bertolet, on brief), for appellant.

T. Evan Schaeffer, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before FAGG, BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

The Government appeals from an adverse decision of the district court suppressing drugs and incriminating statements. We reverse.

The controlling facts are not complicated. During surveillance of a suspected drug house, two plainclothes detectives saw Locklin leave the house on foot. The detectives followed Locklin in an unmarked car, then pulled over to the curb where Locklin was walking and approached him on the sidewalk. The detectives...

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