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UNITED STATES OF AMERIC v. EUCLIDE AQUINO URRACA

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 18, 2024

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Mary H. Morris, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Lloyd R. Tatum, TATUM & TATUM, Henderson, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Mary H. Morris, Adam C. Davis, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Lloyd R. Tatum, TATUM & TATUM, Henderson, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; MURPHY and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee at Jackson

SUTTON, Chief Judge. During the stop of a semitrailer, police learned one suspicious thing after another about the truck’s cargo, its destination, and its other contents, ultimately leading to a dog sniff that alerted to drugs in the truck. The police found 20 kilograms of cocaine inside a wrapped box. Because the objective facts known to the officers warranted each step of the investigation, we uphold the search and reverse the district court’s contrary determination.

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