Showing posts with label insufficient evidence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insufficient evidence. Show all posts

Thursday, November 01, 2007

government had not shown that the officers had a reasonable suspicion that the passenger was armed

US v. Wilson, No. 06-6339
In a case involving the constitutionality of a pat-down search of a car passenger that resulted in the discovery of over one pound of powder cocaine, grant of a motion to suppress evidence in the prosecution for drug-related offenses is affirmed where the district court did not err in finding that the government had not shown that the officers had a reasonable suspicion that the passenger was armed and dangerous before conducting the pat-down search

insufficient evidence

US v. Moore, No. 07-10237
Convictions of multiple counts of theft of government property are reversed as there was insufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to have found beyond a reasonable doubt that defendants, husband and wife, knew that they were not entitled to continue receiving VA benefits that husband's mother had been receiving before she died.