United States v. Ortiz, No. 11-4193 (4th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseAfter defendant was indicted for two drug trafficking crimes, he filed a motion to suppress the cocaine discovered in and taken from a secret compartment in his vehicle, alleging that the search of the vehicle violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The district court granted the motion on the ground that the search exceeded the scope of defendant's consent. Because the court concluded that the district court applied the wrong legal standards for determining whether law enforcement officers had consent to search defendant's vehicle and, in any event, whether they had probable cause to search it, the court reversed and remanded for further proceedings.
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