Legal Opinion
United States v. Alvarado
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided May 18, 2009No. 2:09-mj-00254PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
XAVIER RODRIGUEZ, District Judge.
On this day came on to be considered Defendant’s motion to suppress.
FACTS
United States Border Patrol Agent Mejia has been a border patrol agent for over 30 years. He testified he has a “high apprehension rate for San Antonio.” He estimates that he averages 100 arrests per year. He farther testified that he has “been able to learn the area, the highways, and the different manners that are used to smuggle aliens and [he has] become very good at it.”
On March 24, 2009, Agent Mejia was patrolling IH 35 north of New Braunfels, Texas. Near the intersection of IH…
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