Legal Opinion
United States v. Chavez-Villarreal
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1993No. 92-1809PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Convicted of possession with intent to distribute marihuana and an associated firearms offense, Jose Hipólito Chavez-Villarreal appeals denial of his motion to suppress. Finding that the inculpatory evidence was the fruit of an illegal stop, we vacate and remand.
Background
Shortly before 9:00 a.m., Border Patrol Agent Gerald R. Vonn was monitoring eastbound traffic on Interstate 40 twelve miles west of Amarillo, Texas and 350 miles north of the Mexican border. The Border Patrol outpost in the Amarillo-Lubbock area, which Vonn supervised, annually apprehended over 1,000…
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