United States v. Jimmy Delton Petty and Joe Martin Nunez-Quintela

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves review of the district court’s order granting appellees’ motion to suppress evidence derived from a search of the car in which they were riding. Appel-lees Jimmy Petty and Joe Nunez-Quintela were indicted for possession of a quantity of marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), after United States Border Patrol officers discovered approximately 190 pounds of marijuana in their car’s trunk. Prior to trial appel-lees moved to suppress this evidence claiming that the stop and subsequent search of the car which led to…