UNITED STATES v. De MONTOYA

No. 83-5278.

729 F.2d 1369 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Celina Nohemy Giraldo De MONTOYA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Cohen, Charles G. White, Asst. Federal Public Defenders, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Frederick R. Mann, Asst. U.S. Atty., Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Linda Collins Hertz, James G. McAdams, III, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, HATCHETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Celina Nohemy Giraldo De Montoya was convicted of importation and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 952(a) and 841(a)(1). Her appeal was one of several with a similar Fourth Amendment issue decided this date.1 Montoya was stopped by customs inspectors upon her arrival in Miami on a flight from Colombia. After she refused...

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