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Criminal Procedure Keyed to Ohlin
United States v. Drayton
Citation:
536 U.S. 194 (2002)Facts
On February 4, 1999, respondents Christopher Drayton and Clifton Brown, Jr., were traveling on a Greyhound bus en route from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to Detroit, Michigan. The made a scheduled stop in Tallahassee, Florida. The bus driver allowed three members of the Tallahassee Police Department to board the bus as part of a routine drug and weapons interdiction effort. The officers approached respondents from the rear and asked them whether they have any bags on the bus. Both respondents pointed to a single green bag in the overhead luggage rack and allowed the officers to check them. The bag contained no contraband. The officers noticed that both respondents were wearing heavy jackets and baggy pants despite the warm weather. One officer, with consent, patted down one respondent’s jacket and packets. In both thigh areas, the officer detected hard objects similar to drug packages detected on other occasions. The officer arrested and handcuffed the respondent. A further search revealed that respondents had duct-taped plastic bundles of power cocaine. Respondents were charged with conspiring to distribute and possessing cocaine. Respondents contend that the cocaine was searched in an unlawful manner.
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