Legal Opinion
United States v. Vázquez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 18, 2013No. 12-1203PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAYATTA, Circuit Judge.
Kathy Vázquez sold crack cocaine to a confidential informant. A police search of her home later turned up powder cocaine, cash, and drug-dealing paraphernalia. Based on this evidence, Vázquez was convicted of three drug-related offenses and sentenced to 78 months’ imprisonment.
On appeal, Vázquez challenges three different steps in the process that brought her to a prison cell. First, she claims that her consent to the FBI’s warrantless search of her home was secured by a false claim that a lawful, warrantless search of her home would ensue without her consent, rendering…
2Cases cited63 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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