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Opinion
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March 25, 2019
Case
United States v. Garcia-Zavala
Case status
Decided

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LYNCH, Circuit Judge. This case concerns the denial of pretrial motions brought by a defendant attacking his conviction for illegal reentry after removal from the United States. Mario Ernesto Garcia-Zavala was a passenger in a van stopped in Maine for seatbelt violations. The Maine State Trooper conducting the stop spoke with the driver and passengers, several of w…

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