LEEKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20305.

356 F.2d 470 (1966)

Ulysses Grant LEEKS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

February 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. St.Sure, San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

Manuel L. Real, U. S. Atty., John K. Van De Kamp, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Crim. Div., J. Brin Schulman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Asst. Chief, Crim. Div., Phillip W. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, BARNES and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.

We uphold as a border search the search of Leeks' automobile about fifteen miles north of the border point of entry of San Ysidro, California. The enterprise of officers "tailing" Leeks was continuous from the time Leeks crossed the border until he was stopped by the command of customs officers. (There was a shift in who pursued Leeks, brought about by intercommunication of officers over their radios.) Although there was a period when Leeks...

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