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UNITED STATES v. RUIZ-ESTRELLA

No. 784, Docket 73-1007.

481 F.2d 723 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Vinicio E. RUIZ-ESTRELLA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phylis Skloot Bamberger, New York City (Robert Kasanof, The Legal Aid Society, New York City), for appellant.

Raymond J. Dearie, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Robert A. Morse, U. S. Atty., E. D. N. Y., L. Kevin Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel), for appellee.

Before SMITH, HAYS and TIMBERS, Circuit Judges.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This case presents us with a distressingly familiar situation — the possession of a dangerous weapon by one attempting to board an airliner. On May 17, 1972, Vinicio Ruiz-Estrella was preparing to board a Miami-bound National Airlines flight at John F. Kennedy International Airport. A federal sky marshal searched the shopping bag that he was carrying, and found a sawed-off shotgun inside. After an unsuccessful attempt to suppress...

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