U.S. v. CHUNZA-PLAZAS

No. 366, Docket 94-1009.

45 F.3d 51 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Pedro Fernando CHUNZA-PLAZAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark B. Gombiner, The Legal Aid Soc., Federal Defender Div. Appeals Bureau, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Jodi Levine Avergun, Asst. U.S. Atty. for the E.D. of N.Y. (Zachary W. Carter, U.S. Atty. for the E.D. of N.Y., Susan Corkery, Asst. U.S. Atty., of counsel), for appellee.

Before: FEINBERG, KEARSE, and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


PRATT, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

On March 26, 1993, agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency ("DEA") and the Immigration and Naturalization Services ("INS"), acting on a tip from the Colombian National Police, went to the Staten Island home of Pedro Fernando Chunza-Plazas, a retired Colombian police officer. Chunza identified himself as Fernando Chunza and allowed the agents to enter his home.

Chunza consented to a search of his home, and the agents...

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