Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
No. 14-4884
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Elkins.
John Preston Bailey,
District Judge. (2:14-cr-00005-JPB-JSK-2)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Brandon Michael Beeson entered a conditional plea of guilty
to
possession
of
materials
used
in
the
manufacture
of
He now appeals,
We affirm.
I
Officers arrived
arrived,
pickup
truck
with
activity,
the
driver
stopped
in
the
three
persons
When
inside
was
conversation,
While
another
one
officer
officer
ran
As he was doing
a flashlight inside.
the
manufacture
of
on
the
floorboard
around
Beesons feet.
Beeson was charged with conspiracy to manufacture, possess
and
distribute
methamphetamine
and
multiple
related
offenses.
reviewing
the
denial
of
suppression
motion,
we
review the district courts factual findings for clear error and
its legal conclusions de novo.
F.3d 275, 277 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 207 (2014).
We construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the
Government, the prevailing party below.
for
limited
time
and
purpose,
constitutes
Fourth
Amendment seizure.
(1996).
Because
routine
traffic
stop
is
more
like
an
Terry, 392
U.S. at 30; see Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119, 123 (2000).
Under
this
vehicle
test,
must
sufficiently
the
be
police
both
limited
officers
justified
both
in
scope
decision
at
and
its
to
stop
inception
duration.
the
and
United
information
inferences
to
known
be
drawn
to
at
the
the
officer
time
of
and
the
any
reasonable
stop.
United
634
F.3d
243,
246
(4th
Cir.
2011).
The
reasonable
practical
experience
and
training.
United
States
v.
The reasonable
Ct. 1683, 1687 (2014) (quoting Alabama v. White, 496 U.S. 325,
330 (1990)).
In Navarette, the Court addressed the issue of an anonymous
tip giving rise to a Terry stop.
statement
about
an
event
soon
after
perceiving
that
crimein
that
case,
drunk
drivingand
was
not
an
The Court
is
no
indication
that
the
tipster
actually
witnessed
we
conclude
that
5
the
district
court
correctly
the
tip
came
from
an
eyewitness
who
reported
unusual
report.
Finally,
the
reported
activitya
vehicle
at
accordingly
affirm.
We
dispense
with
oral
argument
AFFIRMED