Mario Alberto Buenrostro-Lopez v. United States
CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether an individual's telephone call to law enforcement, in which he stated that a person
was picked up by vehicle in an area known for alien smug gling, is sufficient to establish reasonable
suspicion for an investig atory stop of a vehicle matching the caller's description even thoug h the
caller did not provide: (1) his name or contact number, nor call on a 911 emerg ency line that enabled
tracing ; (2) any information that suggested the person being picked up was an undocumented alien,
or had just recently unlawfully crossed the border into the United States; or (3) any predictive
information that would support that the caller knew the driver of the truck or the individual picked
up were eng aged in criminal activity ?
Whether an individual's telephone call to law enforcement is sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion for an investigatory stop