UNITED STATES v. CASTRILLON

No. 82-1722.

716 F.2d 1279 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Oscar Alfonso CASTRILLON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Sun, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Carl E. Dougals, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before FERGUSON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and COYLE, District Judge.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the voluntariness of Castrillon's consent to an x-ray search which revealed that he was smuggling in his stomach balloons containing cocaine. The government appeals from the district court's orders granting Castrillon's motion to suppress evidence and denying the government's motion for reconsideration. We note jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3731 (1976). Because we are unable, without more specific findings of fact...

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