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043867P.pdf 09/06/2005 United States v. O. Flores-Sandoval
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 04-3867
District of South Dakota
[PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Riley and Benton, Circuit
Judges]
Criminal case - criminal law. U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement may not take custody of a person and fingerprint him
without any admissible reason to believe the person was an illegal alien;
custodial detention without justification violates the Fourth Amendment
and the fingerprints and statements obtained as a result of the detention
must be suppressed.