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       On March 8, 1994, Mr. Hicks was driving a 1991 Ford Aerostar east on U.S. Highway 54 in

Clark County, Kansas, with Mr. Miller in the front passenger seat beside him. The van had Missouri

license plates. At 3:11 p.m., Kansas Highway Patrol Officer Tom Kennedy determined, by using

radar, that Mr. Hicks was going 66 miles-per-hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone. Trooper Kennedy

turned on his lights and stopped the van for speeding. While Trooper Kennedy was pulling the van

over, he noticed Mr. Hicks and Mr. Miller "both started talking back andforth to each other" and had

"worried look[s]." After they reached the side of the road, Trooper Kennedy walked to the driver

side of the van, told Mr. Hicks he had stopped him for speeding and asked him for a driver's license,

registration, and proof of insurance. Mr. Hicks said he had proof of insurance and registration, and

looked through his wallet and then the glove compartment, but was unable to produce either. Mr.

Hicks did, however, produce a valid Kansas driver's license. Trooper Kennedy asked Mr. Hicks who

he bought the van from, but Mr. Hicks did not give the person's name. Given the combination of the

Missouri license plates, the Kansas driver's license, and Mr. Hicks's statement he had bought the car

in California, Trooper Kennedy concluded "probably maybe [Mr. Hicks] stole the vehicle."



