United States v. Crescenciano M. Pena

How courts have described this case

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

• Following a traffic stop for speeding, defendant’s failure to provide any vehicle registration provided part of the circumstances justi lying further investigation to determine if the vehicle was stolen.
• “[F]ailure to object to the continuation of the search under these circumstances may be considered an indication that the search was within the scope of the consent.” (citation omitted)
• police found cocaine in area between interior door panel and exterior door panel
• mandatory minimum sentence makes third prong of proportionality test irrelevant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).