UNITED STATES v. SOTO

No. EP-81-CR-92.

518 F.Supp. 543 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America v. Juana Ituarte SOTO and Hector Soto.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, El Paso Division.

June 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Westfall, U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff.

Robert Ramos, Federal Public Defender, El Paso, Tex., for Juana Ituarte Soto.

John T. Garcia, El Paso, Tex., for Hector Soto.


ORDER OVERRULING MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS

HUDSPETH, District Judge.

On April 12, 1981, an agent of the United States Border Patrol stopped a 1967 Chevrolet driven by Defendant Hector Soto, and in which Defendant Juana Soto was riding as a passenger. Three illegal aliens from Belize were discovered riding in the automobile. Defendants move to suppress all fruits of the stop and search of the vehicle, contending that it was not supported by probable cause or reasonable...

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