United States v. Perez

OPINION AND ORDER

SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

In March 2000, three law enforcement agents followed Anabel Perez into an elevator and asked him if they could look inside a large plastic cooler that he had placed by his feet. When Perez gave them permission, an agent opened the cooler and “found over twenty-six brick-shaped objects wrapped in a combination of cellophane and/or tape.” Complaint ¶ 4. “The officers asked Perez what the objects were, and Perez said [the bricks were] narcotics.” Id. Perez was immediately placed under arrest and subsequently charged with possession of more than five…