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UNITED STATES v. VAN WEST

No. 71-1228.

455 F.2d 958 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ewald Percival VAN WEST, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Griswold, San Juan, P. R., for defendant-appellant.

Jorge Rios Torres, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Julio Morales Sanchez, U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant was convicted of assaulting an officer of the Bureau of Customs while engaged in the performance of his official duties, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111.* Defendant, the pilot of a small twin-engined aircraft, was watching a customs officer search his airplane after its arrival at San Juan, Puerto Rico, from the Virgin Islands. He became agitated when the officer insisted upon inspecting a lunch sack, grabbed...

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