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U. S. v. MASTERS

No. 79-1068.

612 F.2d 1117 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Philip R. MASTERS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Beck, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Michale P. Balaban, Balaban & Stern, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before CHAMBERS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, District Judge.

PALMIERI, District Judge:

On August 31, 1977, appellant, Philip R. Masters, and his travelling companion, Kathleen D. Shorkey, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight from Tokyo, Japan. They were arrested when secondary Customs examinations revealed that they were concealing certain items that should have been disclosed to the United States Customs Inspectors. Masters had concealed 6,060,000 Japanese yen, valued at the time at approximately $22,670...

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