United States v. Alfonso Sierra-Hernandez

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a search beneath the hood and inside the cargo portion of a truck did not exceed the scope of consent to “look inside the truck”
• holding a search reasonable when “one of the agents asked the appellant, ‘May I look inside the truck?’ The answer [being] affirmative . . . the agent looked not only in the cab of the truck but also in the back cargo por- tion, and finally under the hood” (emphasis added)
• “Here, since the informant was not known to the officer and cannot be traced, the officer’s testimony cannot be corroborated.” (emphasis added)
• “Here, since the informant was not known to the officer and cannot be traced, the officer’s testimony cannot be corroborated.” (emphasis added)
• although information supplied by citizen informant is not per se reliable, such information should be given serious attention and great weight

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).