U.S. v. JOHNSON

No. 09-1407.

601 F.3d 869 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Derrick Lamon JOHNSON, also known as Derek Lamon Johnson, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Harold Shiah, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Kimberly K. Hall, on the brief) for Appellant.

James Lackner, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellee.

Before MURPHY, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


SMITH, Circuit Judge.

Derrick Johnson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1). Johnson filed a motion to suppress evidence obtained during the search of his vehicle, alleging that police did not have reasonable suspicion to stop his vehicle. Alternatively, Johnson argued that if the initial stop was legal, then the police wrongly expanded the stop and illegally searched his vehicle...

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