Legal Opinion
United States v. Leonel Ventura
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 20, 2006No. 04-41524PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
The Government appeals the district court’s grant of defendant Leonel Ventu-ra’s motion to suppress evidence of marijuana discovered in the exterior luggage bin of a commercial bus during an immigration checkpoint stop. We reverse.
I
Leonel Ventura was a passenger on a commercial bus that arrived at a fixed immigration checkpoint on Interstate 35 near Laredo, Texas in the early morning hours of June 21, 2004. Routinely, two Border Patrol agents would perform bus inspections, with one agent questioning the passengers and inspecting the restrooms for concealed persons and…
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