UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 79-1696.

629 F.2d 1301 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Wayne SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1980.

Rehearing Denied October 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Moore, Oakland, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Robert Feldman, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SNEED and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges the legality of a second search by customs officials after the appellant had initially evaded detection by hiding the contraband. We uphold the second search.

The appellant, Larry Wayne Smith, was a passenger on an international flight from Lima, Peru, to San Francisco, which made an intermediate stop in Los Angeles. At Los Angeles, all of the passengers, including the appellant, were processed through customs...

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