Legal Opinion
United States v. Castellanos
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2008No. 07-1535PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
Jose E. Castellanos (Castellanos) appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. We affirm, in part, and reverse, in part.
I. BACKGROUND
The following relevant facts pertaining to the search of Castellanos’s residence are uncontroverted. Law enforcement officers went to Castellanos’s residence, a trailer, after receiving information from a confidential informant and other sources that Castellanos was in this country illegally, was selling a large quantity of drugs from his residence, and had a cousin who had been kidnapped and killed. Upon arrival at about…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Illinois v. McArthurSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
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3Cited by28 opinions
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