U.S. v. TROOP

No. 06-40922.

514 F.3d 405 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Ernest TROOP, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 15, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Richard Berry (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Jeffery Alan Babcock, Houston, TX, for U.S.

Marjorie A. Meyers, Fed. Pub. Def., Philip G. Gallagher (argued), Houston, TX, for Troop.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


PRADO, Circuit Judge:

After a bench trial on stipulated facts, the district court found Defendant—Appellant Jerry Ernest Troop ("Troop") guilty of conspiring to transport an alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324. Troop now appeals the district court's denial of his motion to suppress the evidence that was discovered by Border Patrol agents when they entered and searched Troop's house without a warrant. Because the district court erred when it ruled that...

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