UNITED STATES v. MILROY

No. 75-1675.

538 F.2d 1033 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert Michael MILROY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael King, Hampton [court-appointed counsel], for appellant.

James A. Oast, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Norfolk, Va. (William B. Cummings, U.S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BUTZNER and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal is the validity of a search by a United States Customs official of five envelopes mailed into this country from an APO address in Thailand. The defendant, Robert Michael Milroy, unsuccessfully sought to suppress a quantity of heroin seized as a result of the warrantless search. Concluding that the customs search comported with constitutional standards and that defendant's other contentions are without merit...

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