[DOWNLOAD] "United States v. Perez" by Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Perez
- Author : Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 04, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: Eduardo Perez appeals his conviction after a jury trial for possession of four kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He argues that all evidence seized pursuant to a traffic stop should be suppressed, for a number of independent reasons. He claims that the stop was pretextual because the officers would not have stopped him absent a desire to search for evidence of more serious crime. He also contends that the officers lacked the requisite reasonable suspicion to question him about criminal matters not related to the purpose of the stop. He contends that he did not consent to the search of his car, and that the scope of the officers' search exceeded that of any consent he did give. He also argues that the district court erred in refusing his proffer of evidence concerning the racial characteristics of thirty-two other individuals stopped by the officers in question. We affirm.