UNITED STATES v. SHIELDS

No. 71-2288.

453 F.2d 1235 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Susan Jayne SHIELDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Sevilla (argued), J. Frank McCabe, Federal Defenders, Inc., San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

John R. Neece (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Harry D. Steward, U. S. Atty., Stephen G. Nelson, Asst. U. S. Atty. and Acting Chief, Crim. Div., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and CRARY, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The only point appellant raises on this appeal from her conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 174 is that the border search in which the heroin was removed from her vagina violated the Fourth Amendment.

Appellant's nervousness (reflected in an uncomfortable, rigid posture, high-pitched and strained voice, avoidance of the inspector's eyes, and exaggerated emphasis upon the plaster of Paris souvenirs purchased across the border); the needle marks upon...

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