United States v. Ramos

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAZEN, District Judge.

Pending is Defendant’s motion to suppress. At issue is the legality of the initial stop of Defendant’s automobile on a Texas highway. The vehicle was stopped by Martin Cuellar, Jr., a Texas Department of Public Safety Officer assigned to the Narcotics Division. The stop occurred on FM 649, approximately Vi mile north of its junction with Texas Highway 16 in Jim Hogg County. The stop occurred between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. during what Cuellar described as “a routine driver’s license safety checkpoint.” (TR. 20). The “primary purpose” of the checkpoint…