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U.S. v. Thomas, No. 99-10355 (9th Cir.) (211 F.3d 1186) (May 8, 2000) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt)

In this decision the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court ruling and rejected the government’s far-fetched argument that a detective had reasonable suspicion to order an investigatory stop of a vehicle based on the “distinctive sound” of marijuana being dropped into the back of the vehicle. Here, the FBI had ...

 

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