Legal Opinion
United States v. Donald Albert Massie and Carson Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1995No. 95-2030PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
The government appeals the district court’s grant of Defendants Donald Albert Massie’s and Carson Lewis’ motion to suppress evidence seized from their car during a border patrol checkpoint stop. We exercise jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and reverse.
On June 23, 1994, Defendants pulled into the border patrol checkpoint on Interstate 10 near Las Cruces, New Mexico. After verifying Defendants were United States citizens, Border Patrol Agent Guillermo Torres asked Massie if he owned the car he was driving. Massie replied “Yeah” and then stated “No, it’s a rental…
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