Legal Opinion
United States v. Santos Salinas-Garza
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1986No. 85-2851PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:
Santos Salinas-Garza appeals his conviction of attempting to transport monetary instruments of more than $10,000 from the United States into Mexico without filing the required currency report, in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5316(a)(1)(A). Salinas-Garza claims that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence based on an illegal search and that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. Finding no merit to these claims, we affirm.
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