U.S. v. CORRAL-FRANCO

No. 87-1483.

848 F.2d 536 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Francisco CORRAL-FRANCO, Maria Guadalupe Corral-Franco, and Maria Aparis Franco, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. McHugh, Asst. U.S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert R. Harris, El Paso, Tex., for Francisco Corral-Franco.

Salvador C. Ramirez, El Paso, Tex., for Maria Guadalupe Corral-Franco.

Robert F. Castaneda, El Paso, Tex., for Maria Aparis Corral-Franco.

Before GARWOOD and JONES, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals the district court's order suppressing as evidence 191 pounds of marihuana that United States Border Patrol agents found in the defendants' luggage at the El Paso International Airport. The district court ordered suppression on the ground that the marihuana in question was the fruit of an illegal arrest that occurred on the morning of February 25, 1987, at a departure gate at the airport. We conclude that the district...

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