U.S. v. GALLEGOS-ESPINAL

No. 19-20427.

970 F.3d 586 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Cristofer Jose GALLEGOS-ESPINAL, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna Elizabeth Kalluri , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Kimberly Ann Leo , U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Larry DeWayne Eastepp , Houston, TX, Richard B. Kuniansky , Attorney, Kuniansky & Associates, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, GRAVES, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suspected Cristofer Gallegos-Espinal (Gallegos) of participating in his mother's alien-smuggling conspiracy. But when federal agents persuaded Gallegos voluntarily to consent to a thorough search of his iPhone, they discovered evidence of an unrelated crime: possession of child...

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