United States v. Jamie Chacon Morales

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Having been convicted of conspiracy, and its corresponding substantive offense, for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), the sole issue presented by Jamie Chachon Morales is whether, consistent with the Fourth Amendment, and based upon the totality of the circumstances, a Border Patrol Agent had the requisite reasonable suspicion, formed by articulable facts and rational inferences, to make an investigatory stop of Morales, far inland from the Mexican border. We AFFIRM.

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On 11 December 1997, Border…