U.S. v. RESTREPO

No. 91-6017.

966 F.2d 964 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cesar Augusto RESTREPO and Luis Pulido, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Turner, Paula Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ronald G. Woods, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kent A. Schaffer, Houston, Tex., for Restrepo.

Mike DeGeurin, Houston, Tex., for Pulido.

Before JOHNSON, GARWOOD, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

This suppression of evidence case, implicating the independent source doctrine, arises from the warrantless "security sweep" of the residence of Defendant-Appellee Luis Pulido and the subsequent search of that same residence pursuant to warrant. Plaintiff-Appellant United States appeals the district court's decision to exclude from Pulido's trial all evidence from the second search as tainted by the...

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