United States First Circuit
US v. VELEZ-SALDANA, 00-2031
Defendant's inability to account for his being in a remote location where drugs had recently been found justified Terry stop and arrest although there was nothing prior to stop that directly linked defendant with the crime.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/08/2001
- Published 06/08/2001
Judges
- BOUDIN, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Robert W. Odasz, for appellant., Aixa Maldonado-Quinones, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, and Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for the United States.