Legal Opinion
United States v. Dora Correa Patino
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1981No. 79-1710PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
The essential issue in this case is whether the initial contact by the police with Dora Patino in the Miami airport constituted a seizure invoking the protection of the fourth amendment. The Government appeals from an order suppressing evidence which the court found was derived from a “seizure” of the person of Dora Patino without reasonable suspicion that she was engaged in unlawful activity. The princi pal evidence in question is a quantity of cocaine discovered in her suitcase. On appeal the Government contends that Patino’s encounter with the police was voluntary and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Dunaway v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by64 opinions
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