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UNITED STATES v. HANDY

No. 85-3001.

788 F.2d 1419 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Connie M. HANDY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Hamilton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., Kathleen A. Felton, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Alix Foster, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Before DUNIWAY, WRIGHT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Handy and her mother returned from Thailand. Customs officials at an international airport strip searched both women and found heroin in the mother's underpants. Later body cavity searches of both women recovered 27 rubber receptacles containing heroin. Both were convicted on stipulated facts and Handy appeals, challenging her strip search.

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