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United States v Orsolini
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
300 F. 3d 724
Published/Precdential
August 20, 2002
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Reasonable suspicion was present where:
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Automobile had recently been purchased with cash in source city for drugs;
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There were inconsistent stories about where and why defendant had been in Texas, who defendant and his passenger were going to see in Boston and the nature of relationship between defendant and passenger;
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Defendant became nervous when asked for consent to search and defendant revoked his consent to search;
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Defendant’s only proof of identity was photocopy of interim California driver’s license;
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Defendant and passenger had luggage on back seat instead of in trunk;
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Officer inferred that they had been traveling without stopping to eat or change clothes.
Defendant was not detained for unreasonable length of time after traffic stop, where entire investigation lasted for one hour, 35 minutes of that time were spent waiting for canine unit to arrive.