United States v. Vidal Soto-Soto

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• holding that evidence seized from a search conducted at the border patrol by an FBI agent in violation of 19 U.S.C. ' 482, which authorized warrantless border searches only by customs or immigration officers, should be suppressed
• noting that “Congress and the courts have specifically narrowed the border searches to searches conducted by customs officials in enforcement of customs laws”
• suppressing evidence seized by the F.B.I. in purported border search because F.B.I. agents were not \persons authorized\ under section 482
• \Statutory law was disregarded. Exclusion of the evidence seized is the only available effective deterrent of such disregard.\
• unlike customs or immigration officer, FBI agent has no delegation of authority under section 482
• the search “was made at the border by an FBI agent as part of a general law enforcement effort ... [the agent] was not working in cooperation with customs agents”

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