United States Fifth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for aiding and abetting the transportation of two illegal aliens for financial gain is affirmed where reasonable suspicion, based in part on an anonymous tip, supported the stop of her car by a roving patrol in an area close to the border and a notorious alien smuggling route.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2007
• Published 01/25/2007

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffery Alan Babcock (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Juan Ramon Flores (argued), Laredo, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.