U.S. v. Moreno-Chaparro, No. 97-50641 (5th Cir.) (157 F.3d 298) (September 30, 1998) (Judge Henry A. Politz)
Court reversed conviction on the grounds that the Border Patrol did not have reasonable grounds to believe that the defendant had crossed the border, and thus the stop of defendant's vehicle violated the Fourth Amendment.
Citing U.S. v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 884 (1975) the Court observed that "officers on ...
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