Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Dale Nichols
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1998No. 97-40843PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Robert Dale Nichols pleaded guilty, under a conditional plea, to one count of possession with intent to distribute in excess of 100 kilograms of marijuana. Prior to that plea, the district court had denied Nichols’ motion to suppress the marijuana and Nichols’ statements while in custody, holding that the Border Patrol had reasonable suspicion to stop Nichols’ automobile, “based on sufficient ar-ticulable facts.” The district court also held, in the alternative, that the border patrol agents had an “objectively reasonable good faith belief that they had…
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