United States v. Victor Orozco

OPINION

KORMAN, District Judge:

This appeal arises out of the stop of a tractor-trailer, driven by defendant-appellant Victor Orozco, on a highway in Nevada. The Nevada Highway Patrol troopers made the stop in order to investigate criminal activity, even though they lacked the quantum of evidence necessary to justify the stop. Ultimately, the stop led to a consent search, during which officers found heroin and methamphetamine, which served as the basis for Orozco’s indictment and conviction on two counts of possession. The question in this appeal is whether the stop was justified under the…