1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 709 F.2d
  5. 709 F.2d 1300 (1983)
 

UNITED STATES v. MENDEZ-JIMENEZ

No. 82-1659.

709 F.2d 1300 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis Alfonso MENDEZ-JIMENEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1983.

As Amended September 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Yolando Barrera Gomez, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and REED, District Judge.

EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge:

Defendant, Luis Alfonso Mendez-Jimenez, a Colombian national, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport aboard Avianca Flight 80 from Bogota, Colombia, on July 10, 1982. He presented himself to a customs inspector and then was referred to Inspector Talamantes at a secondary inspection station. Inspector Talamantes was particularly experienced and skilled in detecting body cavity and other internal smuggling. He had apprehended...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases