Opinion ID: 522980
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: School Attendance

Text: 18 As a final circumstance supporting its contention that detention of appellant's vehicle was appropriate, the government offers Agent Truty's subjective belief that, at the time of the stop, Robert L should have been in school rather than driving along the road. In fact, since appellant's school releases its juniors and seniors at 1:30 p.m., Robert L's presence on the road at 1:45 p.m. was far from unusual. Further, it was established at the suppression hearing that Agent Truty had been living and working in the Nogales area for over two years at the time of the incident, and that the Border Patrol Station out of which he worked was less than a mile from Nogales High School. Testimony indicated that traffic would regularly back up in front of the Station at 1:30 p.m. as the approximately 700 juniors and seniors of Nogales High, 90 percent of whom drove cars, left school for the day. Under these circumstances, we find Agent Truty's belief that it was unusual for juveniles to be driving on the highway at 1:45 p.m. not only mistaken, but also unreasonable. We therefore decline to consider it.