U.S. v. MURIEL

No. 04-3968.

418 F.3d 720 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar O. MURIEL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melanie C. Conour (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Joseph M. Cleary (argued), Hammerle & Allen, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Oscar Muriel challenges the denial of his motion to suppress cocaine seized incident to a traffic stop and statements made to a police officer during the stop. He contends that the stop was not supported by probable cause and, in any event, was unreasonable in scope and duration. Because the arresting officer had probable cause to believe a traffic violation had occurred and because the officer did not unreasonably prolong the stop, we affirm...

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