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UNITED STATES v. EK

No. 80-1452.

676 F.2d 379 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Karl EK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1982.

As Amended August 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Dunn, Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendant-appellant; Georgina Torres Rizk, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Hector C. Perez, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellee; Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U. S. Atty., Robert L. Brosio, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before FLETCHER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHNACKE, District Judge.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Robert Karl Ek and Joseph Mark Couch were apprehended at Los Angeles International Airport when they entered the country with capsules of cocaine concealed in their stomachs. Both Ek and Couch were detained and subjected to X-ray examinations. Ek, the appellant in this case, confessed to smuggling cocaine after the X-ray examination revealed the presence of foreign objects in his intestinal tract. He was convicted of importation of a controlled...

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