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U.S. v. VELEZ-SALDANA

No. 00-2031.

252 F.3d 49 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edgardo VELEZ-SALDANA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 8, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Odasz, for appellant.

Aixa Maldonado-Quinones, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, and Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for the United States.

Before SELYA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

The question on this appeal is whether the police had reasonable suspicion to stop, and (thereafter) probable cause to arrest, Edgardo Velez-Saldana. There are two chapters to the story: the first is the nighttime seizure of drugs, and the second is the arrest of Velez-Saldana the following morning. The pertinent facts are undisputed, save as indicated below.

Shortly after midnight on March 29, 1998, two police officers were patrolling...

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