U.S. v. OAKLEY

No. 98-1619.

153 F.3d 696 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert Eugene OAKLEY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Whalen, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Des Moines, IA, argued (Nicholas T. Drees, on the brief), for Appellant.

Erin K. Burke, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Des Moines, IA, argued (Robert C. Dopf, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before LOKEN, GODBOLD, and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Robert Oakley appeals the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained by a police officer incident to a warrantless arrest of Oakley. Oakley contends that the officer lacked probable cause to arrest him and that the evidence, as the fruit of an illegal search, was inadmissible. We affirm.

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