Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Samuel Diaz
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1992No. 91-8644PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Jose Samuel Diaz appeals his convictions for unlawfully harboring and transporting an undocumented immigrant, 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(B), (C), conspiring to possess an unlawfully obtained Alien Registration Receipt Card, 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a), and receipt of a bribe by a public official, 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(2)(A). He also appeals his sentence. Concluding that Diaz's vehicle was stopped without reasonable suspicion, and that his motion to suppress should have been sustained, we reverse his convictions.
Background
Diaz, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, was working at…
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