United States v. Christopher Patrick, Linda Taylor and Christopher Patrick

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

We are presented with the question whether the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Ar-cara, J., properly suppressed defendant-ap-pellee Christopher Patrick’s inculpatory statements made to law enforcement officials while he was detained after crossing the border from Canada into the United States and after cocaine was discovered in the possession of another person who entered the United States at the same time as Patrick. The government appeals the district court’s suppression order pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731. Because the law enforcement…