Legal Opinion
United States v. Wayne Marvin Gordon and John Joseph McMahon Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1983No. 82-1160PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARZA, Circuit Judge:
The appeal of defendants, Wayne Marvin Gordon and John Joseph McMahon, Jr., was heard on oral argument. They both challenge their conviction for conspiracy to possess marihuana and possession of marihuana with intent to distribute alleging error in the denial of their motion to suppress on the grounds that their stop by border patrol agents and the subsequent search that occurred was without probable cause and, therefore, illegal. The defendant McMahon further challenged his conviction on the basis that he was only a passenger in the vehicle that was carrying marihuana…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Martin Judson Smith, Jr. And John Thomas Lott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Bernard L. FergCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Santos Montoya, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Roger Ibarra Garza v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by20 opinions
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