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U.S. v. Roberts, No. 00-20781 (5th Cir.) (274 F.3d 1007) (December 4, 2001) (Judge Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale)

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2001 published in Punch and Jurists November 19, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Searches - Border Stops/Searches.

The issue addressed in this case was one that the Fifth Circuit had never previously addressed, namely “does the Fourth Amendment permit a non-routine, outbound search at the functional equivalent of the border, when Customs Agents reasonably suspect a traveler is smuggling contraband?”

In 1998, the defendant in this case, ...

 

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