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HENDERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 21190.

390 F.2d 805 (1967)

Barbara Jean HENDERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard E. Beckler, Hollywood, Cal., for appellant.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., U. S. Atty., Phillip W. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, HAMLEY and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

This case raises but one issue, the validity of a border search of appellant. In spite of her violent resistance, she was compelled to submit to a procedure whereby a medical doctor removed from her vagina two rubber packets, each about two inches in diameter, together containing 93 grams of heroin.

This court has repeatedly upheld border searches of body cavities,1 including such searches carried out in...

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