U.S. v. CORTEZ

Nos. 19-2058, 19-2059.

965 F.3d 827 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raquel CORTEZ, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Josefina Reyes-Moreno, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed July 14, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Rubin ( Meghan D. McLoughlin , Assistant Federal Public Defender, on the joint briefs), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Las Cruces, New Mexico, for Appellants.

Jennifer Rozzoni , Assistant United States Attorney ( John C. Anderson , United States Attorney, with her on the briefs), Office of the United States Attorney, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Appellee.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, SEYMOUR, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


After a routine traffic stop in New Mexico led to Raquel Cortez and Josefina Reyes-Moreno's indictment for conspiring to transport undocumented aliens, both defendants jointly moved to suppress evidence based on Fourth and Fifth Amendment violations they allege occurred during the stop. The district court found no constitutional...

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