U.S. v. CORTEZ-GALAVIZ

No. 06-4230.

495 F.3d 1203 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramses CORTEZ-GALAVIZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs:*

Deirdre A. Gorman, Ogden, UT, for Defendant-Appellant.

Brett L. Tolman, United States Attorney, and Elizabethanne C. Stevens, Assistant United States Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, McWILLIAMS, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Ramses Cortez-Galaviz contends that a traffic stop ultimately leading to his conviction for possession with intent to distribute illegal drugs was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. Specifically, Mr. Cortez-Galaviz maintains that the information on which the detaining officer relied to effect the stop—derived from a state computer system containing vehicle insurance and registration data—was too meager to give rise to reasonable...

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