United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's presence in the rear seat of a van carrying drugs across the border, along with his suspicious behavior and other factors, gave border agents probable cause to arrest him.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/08/2002
• Decided 12/30/2002
• Published 12/30/2002

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge., Before: CANBY, GOULD and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Todd W. Burns,Federal Public Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Patrick K. O'Toole, United States Attorney (when brief was filed), Carol C. Lam, United States Attorney (when opinion was filed), Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant United States Attorney, on the breif, Roger W. Haines, Jr., at oral argument, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.