UNITED STATES v. RICHARDS

No. 78-5728.

638 F.2d 765 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond RICHARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton E. Grusmark, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Jack V. Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., Linda Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, GEE and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Under the border search doctrine, federal agents may without a warrant inspect mail arriving in this nation from abroad. We here consider whether the foreign mail may be followed into the hands of its addressee and, immediately after delivery, be seized and searched without a warrant. Concluding that such a search is permitted by the border search rule when there has been continuous surveillance of the mail and reasonable suspicion that...

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