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U.S. v. Cortez-Rocha, No. 0350491 (9th Cir.) (394 F.3d 1115) (January 20, 2005) (Judge Stephen S. Trott)

Loaded on Feb. 1, 2005 published in Punch and Jurists February 14, 2005
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Destructive Searches.

This case is noted for what is probably a very accurate (albeit disquieting) picture of the permissible scope of border searches in America post 9/11. Here, the defendant appealed from a conviction following a conditional guilty plea for importation of marijuana, after customs agents found ten brick-shaped packages containing 42 ...

 

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