Legal Opinion
United States v. Francisco Rascon, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1990No. 90-2040PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY E. BROWN, District Judge.
The defendant was stopped at a permanent border checkpoint near Orogrande, New Mexico. After being directed to a secondary checkpoint, he consented to a search of the vehicle that he was driving. Border Patrol agents found approximately twenty-five kilograms of marijuana in the car. The defendant was subsequently convicted by a jury on one count of possession with intent to distribute less than fifty kilograms of marijuana (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1)), and was sentenced to a term of twenty-eight months imprisonment. The defendant-appellant now challenges the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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