Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Pacheco
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 28, 2016No. 16-3376PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Jose Pacheco appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence discovered during a Terry stop and subsequent pát-down search. During this precautionary pat down for weapons, an officer discovered that Pacheco had over $8,000 in currency and a half-kilogram of brick cocaine in his cargo shorts. The district court found that, based on the totality of the circumstances, the officer had reasonable suspicion to justify the pat down of Pacheco for weapons, and that the cocaine and currency were properly seized…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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