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MORALES v. UNITED STATES

No. 22656.

406 F.2d 1298 (1969)

Shenandoah Rachel MORALES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

February 4, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman J. Kaplan (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

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

Before MERRILL and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and CRARY, District Judge.

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted of importation and concealing of heroin and cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 173 and 174 on the basis of narcotics secured as the result of a border search of her vagina. She has taken this appeal from judgment. The question is whether, under the circumstances of this case, the search was reasonable.1 We conclude that it was not and that appellant's motion to suppress the heroin...

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