W.D.Ky.: Non-answers to questions added to RS

There was reasonable suspicion here from the officer’s observations and defendant’s non-answers to questions. United States v. Dunn, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41610 (W.D.Ky. Mar. 9, 2022).*

Not filing a motion to suppress here was not ineffective assistance. Defendant was a social guest there maybe for a couple of hours at the time of the search. Defense counsel correctly concluded defendant had no standing. Carney v. United States, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41734 (E.D.Tenn. Mar. 9, 2022).*

The collective knowledge doctrine was correctly applied in the R&R. “The collective knowledge doctrine applies even where there is only skeletal testimony and brief synopsis of what was happening on scene. Lyons, 687 F.3d at 769. The instant traffic stop was fast-moving. It involved multiple officers, multiple suspects, and multiple issues. In such circumstances, officers must act swiftly and cannot be expected to cross-examine their fellow officers on every point. Id. at 766.” United States v. Hill, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41737 (E.D.Tenn. Mar. 9, 2022),* adopting United States v. Hill, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41808 (E.D.Tenn. Jan. 20, 2022) (“[L]aw enforcement could properly have Defendant exit the vehicle, even if the only issue being investigated had been the suspected traffic violation.”).*