Legal Opinion
United States v. Alex Daniel Millar
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1976No. 75-1788PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
The issue presented in this appeal is the legality of a search of a U-Haul trailer in which 780 pounds of marijuana having a street sale value of approximately $200,000 was seized. In our view the search was a proper one, and the conviction should be affirmed.
Alex Daniel Millar was driving a 1975 Chrysler pulling a U-Haul trailer in an easterly direction on Interstate Highway 40 approaching Gallup, New Mexico. The New Mexico State Police had set up a roadblock a few miles west of Gallup, New Mexico and were stopping automobiles for the purpose of checking driver’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. Brignoni-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. Murrell BedfordCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Charles E. Sellers, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Vernon Willis Bowman, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- United States v. BarrettCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
- United States v. Clifton Gene GibbonsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Manuel Dozal, United States of America v. Rudy GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
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