· 5/27/2004
United States v. Leigh Christina Miguel, United States of America v. Norman Jeremiah Johnson
Citations
- 368 F.3d 1150
- 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 10435
- 2004 WL 1171437
How courts have described this case
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- holding traffic stop lawful where officer relied on 23 inaccurate information in a computer database
- affirming that it was reasonably foreseeable under § 1B1.3(a)(1)(B)(iii) (emphasis added); and (2) the deaths “resulted from” those “acts and omissions,” id. § 1B1.3(a)(3
- distinguishing a closed trunk from a trunk with the back seat pushed down such that it was open to the main cabin' of the car
- explaining that young children who willingly climbed into the back of a hot car trunk and did not ask for water did not “fully appreciate the danger” of the defendants’ smuggling operation, and therefore were “vulner- able victims” under § 3A1.1
- upholding a traffic stop based on a computer database’s inaccurate report that the vehicle’s registration was expired
- affirming denial of motion to suppress where, even though the vehicle registration had not in fact expired, “the deputies did not have any reason to question the integrity of the information provided by the Arizona Motor Vehicle Department”
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Judges: Fisher, Hawkins, O'Scannlain
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