UNITED STATES v. BYRNES

No. 822, Docket 80-1359.

644 F.2d 107 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Janet Leslie Cooper BYRNES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustave J. DiBianco, Asst. U. S. Atty., Syracuse, N. Y. (George H. Lowe, U. S. Atty., Syracuse, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Richard M. Heimann, Walnut Creek, Cal. (Tonsing & Heimann, Walnut Creek, Cal., of counsel), for appellant.

Before MULLIGAN and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges and DUFFY, District Judge.


MULLIGAN, Circuit Judge:

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Although the public is generally aware of the sordid trafficking of drugs and aliens across our borders, this litigation alerts us to a nefarious practice hitherto unsuspected even by this rather calloused bench — rare bird smuggling. The appeal is therefore accurately designated as rara avis. While Canadian geese have been regularly crossing...

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