Court Opinion

ID: 9477739
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:29:58.951429+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:46:01.235913
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GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge, specially
concurring:
The current law in this circuit would not have permitted the border patrol agent’s unconstitutional search of the rented automobile driven by defendant Richardson. See United States v. Jackson, 825 F.2d 853 (5th Cir.1987) (en banc), cert. denied sub nom. Ryan v. United States, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 711, 98 L.Ed.2d 661, cert. denied sub nom. Browning v. United States, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 730, 98 L.Ed.2d 679 (1988). We cannot, however, suppress the evidence obtained in that unconstitutional search because, at the time of the search, the decisions of this court specifically permitted the now admittedly unconstitutional search. See Jackson, 825 F.2d at 865-66 (citing United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 104 S.Ct. 3405, 82 L.Ed. 2d 677 (1984); Illinois v. Krull, 480 U.S. *515340, 107 S.Ct. 1160, 94 L.Ed.2d 364 (1987)). To quote my esteemed Brother Rubin, concurring specially in the Jackson decision, “I would, if not bound by Supreme Court precedent, reach a contrary decision as to the suppression of the evidence in this case.” Id. at 872-73.