U.S. v. DOVALI-AVILA

No. 89-1190 Summary Calendar.

895 F.2d 206 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor DOVALI-AVILA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 15, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis Avila, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Victor Dovali-Avila, El Paso, Tex., pro se.

LeRoy Morgan Jahn, and Philip Police, Asst. U.S. Attys., Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, DAVIS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Today we again face the task of deciding whether a particular warrantless vehicle search made at the permanent immigration checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas, was supported by probable cause. We conclude that it was, and we write somewhat at length in the hope that this opinion will aid in the speedy resolution of future cases on this issue.

Facts

In October, 1988, the appellant drove into the border patrol checkpoint at Sierra...

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