Legal Opinion
United States v. Maldonado
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 13, 2013No. 12-1012PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
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On an April morning in 2009, federal agents armed with a warrant searched suspected drug dealer Jose Maldonado and his apartment in Warwick, Rhode Island. They found plenty, coming up with bags of crack and powdered cocaine, over $6,500 in cash, a digital scale, and a driver’s license indicating that he lived in nearby Cran-ston. Arrested and Mirandized, Maldonado talked to agents at the scene — telling them how much the crack taken from his jacket pocket weighed, describing the digital scale, and explaining how he ran his drug business from Warwick to shield…
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