Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Sifuentes
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1974No. 74-1369PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal questions whether the admission into evidence of some 826 pounds of marijuana, taken without a search warrant from Robert Sifuentes’ rented truck, violated his rights under •the fourth and fourteenth amendments. The district court denied a motion to suppress this evidence, and Sifuentes was convicted for possessing the drug with intent to distribute it. 1 We affirm.
Several hours after Sifuentes cheeked into a motel in Fairfax, Virginia, he was arrested there for carrying a concealed weapon, a misdemeanor. Later he was charged with abduction, a felony, as a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by62 opinions
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