United States Tenth Circuit

Plaintiff's conviction for illegally reentering the United States is affirmed over his challenge that the evidence used to support the conviction was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment and should have been suppressed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/15/2004
• Published 10/15/2004

Judges

• TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR, BRISCOE, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cecillia D. Wang, Michael S. Kwun, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, CA, with Lucas Guttentag ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, Oakland, CA, and David M. Porter, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Sacramento, CA, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants' Rights Project, ACLU of Utah, National Association of Federal Defenders, and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Benjamin A. Hamilton, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant., Michael S. Lee, Assistant United States Attorney (Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, District of Utah, with him on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.