United States v. Diaz

SACK, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from orders of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Alvin K. Heller-stein, Judge) granting the motions of defendants Wellington Diaz and Felipe Diaz, respectively, to suppress evidence obtained following the stop and search of a vehicle driven by Wellington and owned by his brother and passenger, Felipe.1 The district court granted the motions on the ground that the police officer who conducted the stop lacked reasonable suspicion to conclude that a traffic violation had occurred under the relevant state law. We…