U.S. v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 98-30027.

170 F.3d 889 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John Lee McLAUGHLIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Goodman, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerald M. Needham, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Portland, Oregon, for defendant-appellee.

Before: THOMPSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and RHOADES, District Judge.


Opinion by Judge DAVID R. THOMPSON; Concurrence by Judge TROTT.

DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:

A police officer stopped appellee John Lee McLaughlin for driving with an illegally tinted rear window and subsequently arrested him on an outstanding warrant. Five minutes after the arresting officer drove McLaughlin from the scene, a backup officer searched McLaughlin's car and found a brick of marijuana. A warrant was obtained, and a further search revealed...

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