United States v. Hernandez

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Defendant Carlo Hernandez is charged in a three-count indictment with conspiracy to use or traffic in one or more counterfeit credit cards,1 using or trafficking in one or more unauthorized credit cards,2 and possession of fifteen or more counterfeit or unauthorized credit cards.3 Defendant moves to suppress credit cards seized at the time of his arrest on the ground that the police lacked probable cause to conduct the search that yielded the credit cards. A suppression hearing was held on February 20 and 21, 1986.4

On December 23, 1985, Hernandez and a…