U.S. v. PALOS-MARQUEZ

No. 08-50498.

591 F.3d 1272 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricardo Ivan PALOS-MARQUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erick L. Guzman, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for appellant.

David L. Katz, Office of the United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for appellee.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, MARSHA S. BERZON, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether an in-person tip by an unidentified informant provided reasonable suspicion to support Border Patrol agents' investigatory stop of a vehicle. We hold that such a tip can have significant indicia of reliability, and in light of the totality of the circumstances, there was reasonable suspicion to justify the stop at issue. Therefore, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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