United States v. Delgado

RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Modesto Delgado (Delgado) was convicted of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute based on cocaine found during a warrantless inspection of his commercial truck in Missouri. Delgado challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. Delgado maintains that commercial trucking is not subject to warrantless inspections as a pervasively regulated industry under New York v. Burger, 482 U.S. 691, 107 S.Ct. 2636, 96 L.Ed.2d 601 (1987). Delgado also asserts that the state trooper’s search of Delgado’s truck violated the Fourth Amendment…