Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramon Louis Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 3, 2004No. 03-2763PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
We must determine the constitutionality of a warrantless arrest of Ramon Louis Rivera and the voluntariness of his custodial statement. Because we conclude that there was probable cause for Rivera’s arrest, that there was no unreasonable delay in presenting him to a magistrate after arrest, and that his statements were voluntary, we affirm the district court’s 1 judgment of conviction for two narcotics offenses. We also affirm the sentence imposed by the district court.
I. Facts
In February of 2002, Minnesota law-enforcement officers received a tip from a cooperating…
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