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UNITED STATES v. MORGAN

No. 25680.

457 F.2d 811 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe Willie MORGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Young, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Harry D. Steward, U. S. Atty., Stephen G. Nelson, Chief, Criminal Div., Thomas M. Coffin, Kevin J. McInerney, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, HAMLEY and ELY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment of conviction in this case involving the smuggling and transporting of heroin into the United States is affirmed.

The heroin was actually carried across the border from Mexico into the United States in the underpants of one Janice High, who was accompanying Morgan at the time. Mrs. High testified for the government, and two witnesses corroborated portions of her story. There was nothing inherently improbable about her testimony. There...

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