Legal Opinion

United States v. Ojeda-Ramos

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided July 31, 2006No. 04-5118PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

O’BRIEN, Circuit Judge.

During a routine screening of luggage in a bus stop, a drug dog alerted to a blue suitcase. The police used a ruse to cause Radames De Jesus Ojeda Ramos (Ojeda-Ramos) to claim the suitcase. He moved to suppress incriminating information and now appeals from the district court’s denial of his motion. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.

I. Background

On September 17, 2003, Ojeda-Ramos, a Panamanian national, was traveling by Greyhound bus from Calexico, California, to Newark, New Jersey. During a scheduled stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma, all twenty-five…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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