Legal Opinion
United States v. Vidal Soto-Soto
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1979No. 77-1489PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, District Judge.
The government appeals from an order of the district court granting defendant’s motion to suppress from evidence marijuana found in defendant’s pickup truck by an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at Calexico, California, a port of entry at the United States-Mexico border. We hold that the district court did not err in suppressing the evidence.
FACTS
1. On October 28, 1976, Thomas J. Summers, Jr., an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was conducting an inspection to locate stolen vehicles. He was inspecting automobiles as they entered the…
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