Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Terry Curran
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 28, 1974No. 72-3180PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before DUNIWAY and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and LUCAS, * District Judge. LUCAS, District Judge:
Two men, Garcia and Lovio, drove across the United States border in a Ford Pinto about 5:55 p. m. on June 1, 1972. Because this car was listed as a possible stolen car on a computer printout, it was stopped at the Calexico, California, Port of Entry. A customs agent, Wilburn Sears, searched the vehicle and found marijuana debris beneath the back of the front seat. Sears let the vehicle and its occupants go; but he and another agent, Louis Richenberger, followed it at a distance. They kept the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by83 opinions
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- United States v. Ronald ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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