UNITED STATES v. MADRID

Nos. 74-1851, 74-2296.

510 F.2d 554 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel Federico MADRID, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Kennedy, El Paso, Tex., (Court appointed), for defendant-appellant.

William S. Sessions, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Ron Ederer, William B. Hardie, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and MURRAH and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This case began on January 19, 1974 when Manuel Federico Madrid drove up to the permanent checkpoint maintained by the border patrol near White Sands, New Mexico. Traveling with him were two girls and a young child. Border patrol agents stopped his car for routine questioning about citizenship, and Madrid identified himself as a United States citizen. Asked about his passengers, he shrugged. They, when questioned by agents, admitted to being...

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