United States v. Carmen Maria Maestas

*1487EBEL, Circuit Judge.

The defendant-appellant, Carmen Maestas, appeals the district court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence of marijuana found in her car at a fixed Border Patrol checkpoint in New Mexico as well as certain incriminating statements she made while at the checkpoint. She contends that she was subject to a pretextual seizure when she passed through the checkpoint and that this evidence was therefore excludable as the tainted “fruit” of an illegal seizure. We hold that Maestas was not illegally seized and therefore affirm the denial of her motion to suppress.

I. FACTS

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