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UNITED STATES v. AMAN

C.A. No. 80-1045.

624 F.2d 911 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas Paul AMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen J. Perelson, Serra, Perelson, Metcalf & Archuleta, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Eric J. Swenson, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MERRILL and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Douglas Aman was convicted of importation of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 841(a)(1). He appeals, challenging the admission at trial of approximately 42 grams of heroin which he had secreted in his rectal cavity. The presence of foreign objects in Aman's body cavity was first disclosed by an X-ray search; Aman contends that...

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