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U.S. v. ACOSTA-COLON

No. 97-1170.

157 F.3d 9 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos Ruben ACOSTA-COLON, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel Brill for appellant.

José A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Nelson Peréz-Sosa, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Warren Vázquez, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Camille Vélez-Rivé, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

A dog-sniff at the San Juan international airport alerted authorities to the possible presence of narcotics in four suitcases checked on a domestic flight to New York City. Based on information that indirectly linked defendant Carlos Ruben Acosta-Colon ("Acosta") to these bags, three law enforcement officials stopped Acosta and two persons traveling with him as they attempted to board the flight. At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality...

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