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UNITED STATES v. SETTLES

No. 73-1373 Summary Calendar.

481 F.2d 1272 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Truett SETTLES, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 21, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Robertson, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Settles appeals his conviction for possession with intent to distribute 288 pounds of marijuana. He contends that border patrol agents have no authority to search for drugs, that the evidence against him obtained by such a search should have been excluded, and that statements he made after he was given Miranda1 warnings should have been excluded at trial. We affirm his conviction.

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