United States v. Suarez Plasencia, No. 16-16946 (11th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseThe Eleventh Circuit affirmed defendant's convictions and sentence for encouraging and inducing aliens to enter the United States. The court held that the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress where a reasonable person would understand that giving "complete" consent to a search of his boat, in this context, would include consenting to the search of a GPS on board that could indicate where the boat had been and shed light on why it was beached so far out in the ocean. The court also held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by applying a two-point enhancement under USSG 3C1.1 for obstruction of justice.
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