Legal Opinion
United States v. Vinicio E. Ruiz-Estrella
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 11, 1973No. 784, Docket 73-1007PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This case presents us with a distressingly familiar situation — the possession of a dangerous weapon by one attempting to board an airliner. On May 17, 1972, Vinicio Ruiz-Estrella was preparing to board a Miami-bound National Airlines flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport. A federal sky marshal searched the shopping bag that he was carrying, and found a sawed-off shotgun inside. After an unsuccessful attempt to suppress this evidence before ludge Neaher in the Eastern District of New York, Ruiz-Estrella stipulated that the minutes of the suppression…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- United States v. CianfraniCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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