· 10/12/1995
United States v. Donald Albert Massie and Carson Lewis
Citations
- 65 F.3d 843
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The ultimate question of whether a search and seizure was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment is a question of law that we review de novo.” (quotation omitted)
- officer justified in asking additional questions at roadblock when driver could not produce registration papers
- “At a fixed checkpoint . . . border patrol agents may stop, briefly detain, and question individuals without any individualized suspicion that the individuals are engaged in criminal activity.”
- “We further conclude the agents’ continued detention and questioning of Defendants did not exceed the confines of a routine checkpoint stop. The agents’ questioning lasted only eight to eleven minutes . . .”
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Judges: Tacha, Seth, Baldock
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