U.S. v. SAWYER

No. 05-5002.

441 F.3d 890 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul Michael SAWYER, also known as Motor Mike, also known as Mike Paul Sawyer, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 20, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Friedman, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D.C. (David C. O'Meilia, United States Attorney, and Leena Alam, Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the briefs, Tulsa, Oklahoma) for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stanley D. Monroe, Tulsa, OK, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before PORFILIO and EBEL, Circuit Judges, and HERRERA, District Judge.


HERRERA, District Judge.

The Government appeals the district court's order granting Defendant Paul Michael Sawyer's ("Defendant") motion to suppress evidence. We exercise jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. Section 3731 and reverse.

I. Factual Background.

On August 17, 2000, Detectives Michael Todd Brown and Jack Cross of the Lawrence, Kansas Police Department (the "Kansas Officers") decided to pursue an investigation into a stolen motorcycle...

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