United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for harboring illegal aliens and denial of his motion to suppress evidence are affirmed where the government agents- investigatory procedures in the case were reasonable under the totality of the circumstances when they entered defendant's home and investigated the presence of illegal immigrants.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/18/2005
• Published 11/21/2005

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:, Before DAVIS, JONES and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph Francis Palmer (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Sol. Gen., Washington, DC, for U.S., Douglas A. Morris (argued), Dallas, TX, for Mendez.