U.S. v. WRIGHT

No. 07-1334.

512 F.3d 466 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Neal WRIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean J. Brennan, argued, Licoln, NE, for appellant.

Lynnett Wagner, argued, Special AUSA, Licoln, NE, for appelle.

Before MURPHY, MELLOY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Thomas Neal Wright appeals the district court's1 denial of his motion to suppress 24.7 kilograms of cocaine and incriminating statements he made in the course of a traffic stop. We affirm.

On June 2, 2005 Wright was driving a pickup eastbound on Interstate 80 in Hamilton County, Nebraska when he noticed signs indicating that a state patrol checkpoint with a drug dog was located past the next freeway...

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