U.S. v. ESCALANTE

No. 99-60684.

239 F.3d 678 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santiago J. Escalante, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred B. Jernigan, Jr., Richard Terrell Starrett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Frank Aguilar, Law Office of Frank Aguilar, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before GARWOOD, HIGGINBOTHAM and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Santiago Escalante appeals the denial of his motion to suppress evidence found during a traffic stop. A sheriff's deputy stopped Escalante, ostensibly for careless driving, and discovered twenty kilos of cocaine in his car. Escalante challenges the constitutionality of the Mississippi careless driving statute and argues that the sheriff's deputy lacked probable cause to conduct the traffic stop. We affirm.

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