United States Ninth Circuit

In a conviction of defendant for drug possession with intent to distribute, district court's denial of a motion to suppress cocaine found in defendant's truck during a stop by border patrol agents 70 miles north of the U.S.-Mexican border is reversed, as the totality of the circumstances did not provide border patrol agents with reasonable suspicion to believe that the defendant was smuggling drugs or aliens.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/25/2012
• Published 07/25/2012

Judges

• Pregerson

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel