Legal Opinion

United States v. Guadalupe Ortiz-Monroy

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 11, 2003No. 02-3944PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NANGLE, Senior District Judge.

Defendant Guadalupe Ortiz-Monroy (“Monroy”) appeals the district court’s denial of his suppression motion and of a sentence reduction for acceptance of responsibility under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1. We affirm.

At 10:41 p.m. on the evening of February 26, 2002, Deputy Jeff Smith of the Crawford County Arkansas Sheriffs Department (“Deputy Smith”) observed a Ford Expedition traveling eastbound on I-40 within a car length of a passenger car. Through experience and training, Deputy Smith was aware that drug traffickers often use two vehicles traveling in close proximity to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United States v. ArvizuSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. United States v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. United States v. Gregory Lynn Cummins, United States of America v. Timothy Akins, A/K/A Michael MayfieldCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  5. United States v. Wayne GordonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013

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