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U.S. v. RAMOS-MORALES

No. 92-1255.

981 F.2d 625 (1992)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Wilberto RAMOS-MORALES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose R. Aquayo, for appellant.

Carlos A. Perez, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., was on brief for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

BREYER, Chief Judge.

Federal agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency ("DEA") arrested the defendant on drug charges. At that time, the defendant parked his car on the side of the road. The agents seized the car, impounded it, searched it, and found evidence that was later introduced at trial. The single issue on this appeal is whether the seizure of the parked car was lawful. The district court held that the seizure amounted to a "reasonable," hence lawful, impoundment...

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