Legal Opinion
United States v. Mastrapa
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2007No. 06-4512PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Senior Judge ELLIS joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
After Jose Alejandro Mastrapa agreed with two other men to transport several bags of groceries to a hotel room in Shenandoah County, Virginia, undercover agents in the hotel found five pounds of methamphetamine among the groceries and arrested Mastrapa along with the two others. Mastrapa claimed that he had agreed to give the two men a ride and help carry their grocery bags but that he did not know them or what they were doing.…
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