Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Jackson, and Anthony Wayne Browning, United States of America v. Michael Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1987No. 86-1226, 86-1381PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
The purpose of this en banc rehearing is to reconsider Fifth Circuit precedent deeming a checkpoint on an interstate highway at Sierra Blanca to be a “functional equivalent of the border.” Appellants' drug law violations were discovered by full searches of their automobiles at this checkpoint. In one case capsules of a controlled substance were found in a cosmetics case in the car trunk; in the other case cocaine was found in a suitcase in the car trunk. Adhering to our prior decisions, a panel of this court upheld the appellants’ convictions, and approved the searches…
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3Cited by76 opinions
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