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· 5/4/1994

United States v. Jose Luis Garcia, United States of America v. Viviano Miranda-Garcia

Citations

  • 23 F.3d 1331
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 9567
  • 1994 WL 169731

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 driver with a Texas license and a passenger with Mexican identification driving a truck full of furniture boxes westward through Nebraska did not provide police with a reasonable suspicion
  • holding that a driver with a Texas license and a passenger with Mexican identification driving a truck full of furniture boxes westwsird through Nebraska did not provide police with a reasonable suspicion
  • finding officer lacked reasonable suspicion for a second stop where officer released suspects after deciding not to hold them pending the arrival of backup
  • finding officer lacked reasonable suspicion for a second stop where officer released suspects after deciding not to hold them pending the arrival of backup
  • \We are not empowered to suspend constitutional guarantees so that the government can more effectively fight the war on drugs.\
  • “The fact that Garcia was carrying a Mexican identification card does not implicate him in illegal activity.”

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Judges: Arnold, Beam, Jackson

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