Legal Opinion
United States v. Gomez-Moreno
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 12, 2007No. 05-20921PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Delia Gomez-Moreno appeals the district court’s denial of her motion to suppress evidence obtained during a search of her residence for illegal aliens. Because the federal agents and police officers im-permissibly created the conditions that they deemed to be exigent circumstances for warrantless entry into the residence, and because Gomez-Moreno’s consent for a second search of the residence was not an independent act of free will, we REVERSE the district court’s denial of Gomez-Moreno’s motion to suppress, VACATE Gomez-Moreno’s sentence, and REMAND for…
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