U.S. v. CARRASQUILLO

No. 87-3098.

877 F.2d 73 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America v. Elias CARRASQUILLO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Buckman, for appellant. Steven R. Kiersh and Karen L. Hochstein Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Thomas C. Black, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Robert G. Andary, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.

HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:

The defendant-appellant, Elias Carrasquillo, entered a conditional plea of guilty following the District Court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence of drug violations found in a garment bag that he was carrying on an Amtrak train from Orlando, Florida, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Carrasquillo claims that the agents who stopped and questioned him mid-route...

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