Legal Opinion
United States v. MacIas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 27, 2011No. 10-50614PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Robert Macias, Jr. appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress a firearm uncovered during a warrantless automobile search by a Texas Department of Public Safety officer on Interstate 10 near Pecos County, Texas. The firearm found in the search of the truck Macias was driving is at the bottom of Macias’s conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Because we conclude that the trooper unconstitutionally prolonged Macias’s detention by asking irrelevant and unrelated questions without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, we…
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