UNITED STATES v. GASTELUM

No. 20-3451.

11 F.4th 898 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Aldo Daniel GASTELUM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sydney L. Butler , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, Graham Jones , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Arkansas, Texarkana, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Aldo Daniel Gastelum, Adelanto, CA, Pro Se.

Justin Byrum Hurst , Hurst Law Group, Hot Springs, AR, Caleb E. Mason , Werksman & Jackson, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before LOKEN, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


After stopping Aldo Daniel Gastelum's rental car for a traffic violation, Arkansas State Trooper Bernard Pettit conducted a warrantless search of the vehicle's trunk and found over 15 kilograms of a mixture or substance containing cocaine. Gastelum moved to suppress the evidence from the search, claiming Trooper Pettit impermissibly...

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