United States v. Roberto Pabon

DEBRA ANN LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judge:

In the early hours of March 21, 2014, Vermont state police pulled over the car in which defendant-appellant Roberto Pabon was riding after the driver committed a traffic violation. Acting on corroborated information suggesting that the driver of the car used that specific route to transport associates who were body-packing drugs, and on specific indications that Pa-bon was carrying narcotics, the police placed Pabon under arrest. After a CT scan administered that evening pursuant to a search warrant further confirmed the officers’ initial assessment that…