Legal Opinion
United States v. Alvarez
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1998No. 97-4061PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Circuit Judge.
Jaime Mvarez (1) requests that this panel overturn a prior panel’s decision, which reversed the district court’s order suppressing 300 pounds of cocaine that the Utah state police discovered in a truck that he was driving and (2) appeals the district court’s decision to deny his motion to suppress a pair of incriminating statements that he subsequently made to state and federal law enforcement officers. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2) and affirm both decisions.
BACKGROUND
The Stop
On the afternoon of April 14, 1994, as his patrol car…
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