UNITED STATES v. MORA-CHAVEZ

No. 73-3444.

496 F.2d 1181 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angel MORA-CHAVEZ, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren R. Williamson (argued), Charles M. Sevilla, Federal Defenders Inc., San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

James Meyers, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Harry D. Steward, U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before DUNIWAY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.


ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

The district court refused to suppress 634 pounds of marijuana found in an automobile stopped by border-patrol officers 660 feet from the Mexican border. We affirm the resulting conviction for violating 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1).

The officers were alerted by electronic sensors which detect human foot traffic across the border. The automobile was one of two which the officers stopped at about six o'clock on a Sunday morning, when...

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