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U.S. v. MURPHY

No. 01-1579.

261 F.3d 741 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David Eugene MURPHY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Messina, argued, Des Moines, IA, for Appellant.

Shawn S. Wehde, argued, Sioux City, IA, for Appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD and RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and TUNHEIM, District Judge.

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

David Murphy was convicted of possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), based on a plastic bag of methamphetamine that the police found in his possession after they arrested him for providing false identification during a traffic stop. Mr. Murphy moved to suppress the drug evidence because, he maintained, he never would have been arrested, and the drugs would not have...

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