RIVERA v. UNITED STATES

No. 6089.

327 F.2d 791 (1964)

Ismael Rivera RIVERA, Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

February 18, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerardo Ortiz del Rivero, San Juan, P. R., for appellant.

Gilberto Gierbolini, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Francisco A. Gil, Jr., U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and MARIS and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant appeals from a conviction of unlawful importation of a narcotic in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, upon a jury finding of guilt. Apart from certain rulings which, if erroneous, were in defendant's favor, only two matters possibly warrant mention. The first is defendant's contention that as a citizen returning from abroad he could not, in the absence of reasonable grounds for suspicion, be searched by customs inspectors at the airport...

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