Legal Opinion
United States v. Arturo Torres and Ramon R. Vargas-Hernandez, Also Known as Ramon Vargas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 16, 1994No. 93-2854PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals an order after a suppression hearing before trial suppressing 1) some 450 pounds of marijuana discovered in a trailer that was being towed by a Chevrolet- Blazer in which defendant Arturo Torres, the owner, was a passenger and which Ramon Vargas-Hernandez (“Vargas”) was driving, and 2) post-arrest inculpatory statements made by the defendants about the marijuana. We reverse and remand.
FACTS
On February 18,1993, a grand jury issued an indictment alleging that Torres and Vargas “did knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute more…
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