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UNITED STATES v. SKIPWITH

No. 72-1932.

482 F.2d 1272 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lee SKIPWITH, III, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 14, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert P. Sterling, Tampa, Fla., Court-appointed, for defendant-appellant.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., William M. James, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Claude H. Tison, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ALDRICH, SIMPSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

As a result of an airport security search which discovered not weapons but drugs, Lee Skipwith III was charged with and convicted of the possession of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 844(a). He contends here that the evidence should have been suppressed, arguing that the search was unconstitutional. We hold that the search was lawful and that the contraband uncovered by it was properly admitted in the court below; thus we affirm.

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