Legal Opinion
United States v. Jaime Soto, Also Known as Leonel Guerra
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1993No. 91-4213PublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Jaime Soto appeals his conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. Most issues on appeal arise out of the denial of defendant’s motion to suppress cocaine found in a search of the automobile defendant was driving after he was stopped for a traffic violation. They raise nearly every difficult problem of standing, right to question, consent, and search possible in an automobile stop and search context. Defendant also contends that the prosecution made an improper appeal to ethnicity during closing…
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