Legal Opinion
United States v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 20, 2000No. 99-11250, 99-11259PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
In these appeals, which were consolidated for oral argument, both defendants Napoleon Jones and Eduardo Gabriel Daniel *237appeal their convictions arising out of a traffic stop where narcotics were found in their rental car. Because the narcotics were the fruit of an illegal seizure, we vacate the convictions and sentences and remand.
I. BACKGROUND
On April 2, 1999, at approximately 11:57 a.m., Officers Tommy Russell and Barry Ralston initiated a traffic stop of a car just inside the city limits of Amarillo, Texas, for a speeding violation. Inside the vehicle were the two…
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