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UNITED STATES v. ARREDONDO-HERNANDEZ

No. 77-5298.

574 F.2d 1312 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose ARREDONDO-HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Charles S. Szekely, Jr., Federal Public Defenders, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

J. A. Canales, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, George A. Kelt, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Robert A. Berg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN and GEE, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.

This appeal challenges the denial of a motion to suppress one hundred and thirty-five pounds of marijuana seized during the search of a vehicle stopped at a permanent immigration checkpoint. Defendant-appellant argues that the trial judge erred in finding probable cause for that search and consequently refusing to suppress the marijuana as evidence.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND:

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