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UNITED STATES v. HILL

No. 27804.

430 F.2d 129 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Scott HILL and Thomas Leroy Leonard, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray Sandstrom, Sandstrom & Hodge, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for appellants.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Neal R. Sonnett, Michael J. Osman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GEWIN and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants were convicted, following a non-jury trial, of smuggling 81 cases of liquor into the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 545. On appeal they contend: (1) The district court erred in failing to suppress the liquor which they allege to have been seized following an unconstitutional search. (2) The court erred in admitting a conversation between the agents and appellants after appellants were effectively in custody but before...

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