United States v. Cruz-Mendez

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Manuel de Jesus Cruz-Mendez was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Utah on a charge of illegal reentry into the United States after a bench trial on stipulated evidence. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326. On appeal he challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence because of alleged violations of the Fourth Amendment. We have *1262jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm the conviction and sentence. We hold that (1) the law-enforcement officers’ “knock and talk” was not a Fourth Amendment intrusion; (2) the district court did…