UNITED STATES v. HEAD

No. 82-2004.

693 F.2d 353 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Lee HEAD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eustorgio Perez, Laredo, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

John M. Potter, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before INGRAHAM, REAVLEY and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal by Jerry Lee Head, convicted of the unlawful transportation of undocumented aliens in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2), after a bench trial, poses the sole question whether the stop and search of his tractor-trailer was contrary to the fourth amendment.1 Concluding that the stop was lawful and that the search of the trailer was accomplished under circumstances which satisfy the probable cause and...

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