Legal Opinion
United States v. Santiago-Mendez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 10, 2012No. 09-2094, 09-2211, 09-2285, 09-2376, 09-2461PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge,
opinion of the court except as to Part II.B, Part II.C.l, and Part II.C.2; Dissenting in Part II.B, Part II.C.1, and Part II.C.2.1
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”2
We are presented with highly troubling instances of abuses of police power, including the disturbing practice, conducted by certain members of the Mayagüez Drugs and Narcotics Division of the Puerto Rico Police Department, of planting evidence and conducting illegal searches and seizures in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Defendants-Appellants Pascual Santiago-Méndez (“Santiago”), Anthony Domínguez-Colón…
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