UNITED STATES v. ESPINOSA-GUERRA

No. 86-8057.

805 F.2d 1502 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jesus ESPINOSA-GUERRA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie E. Carnes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephanie Kearns, Federal Public Defender, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


CORRECTED OPINION

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from the district court's order suppressing cocaine1 discovered in a search of a small bag which defendant/appellee Jesus Espinosa-Guerra was carrying while awaiting a flight at the Atlanta airport. The district court concluded that the evidence must be suppressed because appellee had been seized without reasonable suspicion or, alternatively, arrested without...

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