U.S. v. IRAHETA

No. 13-30545.

764 F.3d 455 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William IRAHETA; Christian Miguel Gonzalez; Rodolfo Meraz-Garcia, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Mignonne Griffing , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Shelley A. Goff, Esq. , Goff & Goff, Ruston, LA, Stephen H. Shapiro , New Orleans, LA, Michael Lee DuBos , Breithaupt, Dunn, DuBos, Shafto & Wolleson, L.L.C. Monroe, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and DENNIS, Circuit Judge, and GILSTRAP, District Judge.


CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal of the district court's grant of Gonzalez and Meraz-Garcia's motions to suppress drugs obtained pursuant to an automobile search by police at a traffic stop. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.1

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On October 27, 2012, around 2:45 a.m. Deputy Seth Cox of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office entered I-20 eastbound at the Camp Road on-ramp. While he was...

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