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UNITED STATES v. ORTIZ

No. 73-2050.

422 U.S. 891 (1975)

UNITED STATES v. ORTIZ.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 30, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Evans argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Bork, Assistant Attorney General Petersen, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, Sidney M. Glazer, and Jerome M. Feit.

Charles M. Sevilla, by appointment of the Court, 420 U.S. 905, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John J. Cleary.*

MR. JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Border Patrol officers stopped respondent's car for a routine immigration search at the traffic checkpoint on Interstate Highway 5 at San Clemente, Cal., on November 12, 1973. They found three aliens concealed in the trunk, and respondent was convicted on three counts of knowingly transporting aliens who were in the country illegally. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth...

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