Legal Opinion
United States v. Perkins
District Court, W.D. Texas
Decided December 18, 2001No. 1:00-cr-00270PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING GOVERNMENT’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION AND DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE
FURGESON, District Judge.
On September 25, 2001, the Court issued an Order Denying Defendant Paul Preston Perkins’s Motion to Suppress Evidence. In its Order, the Court held that the Attorney General lacks the authority to cross-designate U.S. Border Patrol agents with federal narcotics law enforcement powers and that the Border Patrol can only make narcotics arrests when performing duties relating to the enforcement of immigration laws. Accordingly, when the Border Patrol agents in the…
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