Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Phillips and William Arnold Tolbert, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1974No. 73-1230PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
The appellants were convicted in a nonjury trial for possession of 230 pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The contraband was discovered on May 5, 1972, in the locked trunk of an automobile rented and driven by Phillips and in which Tolbert was a passenger, and as a result of an immigration search conducted by border patrol officers at a highway checkpoint.
We know these facts about the search in question. The checkpoint was located approximately 11 miles north of Laredo, Texas, (approximately 9 miles north of the city…
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