UNITED STATES v. MIRANDA

No. 74-2217.

505 F.2d 697 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ana Roberto MIRANDA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 23, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard G. Trapp, Trapp, Gayle, Teker, Weeks & Friedman, Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellant.

Duane K. Craske, U. S. Atty., District of Guam, Agana, Guam, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MERRILL and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

We reverse Miranda's conviction for importing heroin and for conspiring to import heroin because the district court erred in admitting prejudicial hearsay testimony over appropriate objection.

Miranda entered Guam by commercial airplane carrying heroin with her personal effects. She was searched, and the heroin was found, when she arrived at the airport. Her motion to suppress was denied, and no error is claimed based upon the...

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