U.S. v. LIU

No. 98-4061.

180 F.3d 957 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Yiu-Pong LIU, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed June 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Becker, Assistant United States Attorney, Kansas City, MO, argued (Stephen L. Hill, Jr., on the brief), for Appellant.

Anita Lee Burns, Kansas City, MO, argued (Raymond C. Conrad, on the brief), for Appellee.

Before: BOWMAN, Chief Judge, FAGG, Circuit Judge, and BOGUE, District Judge.


BOWMAN, Chief Judge.

The United States appeals from the order of the District Court approving without further analysis the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge to whom pretrial motions had been referred, thereby sustaining Yiu-Pong Liu's motion to suppress evidence and statements as illegally obtained. We reverse.

The facts of the case are essentially without dispute. On the morning of August 28, 1998, drug interdiction detectives Dan Wilson and...

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