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U.S. v. GARCIA

No. 04-1006.

376 F.3d 648 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ricardo U. GARCIA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy W. Brown (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas N. O'Malley (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

An officer on routine patrol in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, at 2:30 A.M. saw a car driving unusually slowly on a residential street. Out of curiosity he checked its license plate using a computer terminal in the patrol car and learned that it matched a different auto. That violation of the vehicular code justified a stop, independent of any suspicion that a valid plate had been attached to a stolen car to avoid detection. The driver claimed not...

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