UNITED STATES v. CORTEZ

Cr. No. 1899-SD.

281 F.Supp. 888 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Pete Cordova CORTEZ, Irma Angelica Casanova, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. California.

March 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin L. Miller, U. S. Atty., Phillip W. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff.

John H. Stone, National City, Cal., for defendant, Irma Angelica Casanova.


OPINION AND ORDER

RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge.

Defendant, Irma Angelica Casanova, moves to suppress the fruits of a border search. To the extent that there is any conflict in the evidence (there is very little), the court believes the testimony of the officers, not the defendant. The facts are these:

Defendant Casanova drove a car across the Mexican border on the 9th of September, 1967, with one Pete Cordova Cortez riding as a passenger. When...

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