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U.S. v. POITIER

No. 86-1616.

818 F.2d 679 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Tunya Reginera POITIER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Govar, Asst. U.S. Atty., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Howard Sohn, Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 30, 1987.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

In this case we examine whether the district court correctly ordered suppression of evidence obtained through a search at an airport. We conclude that the district court erred in suppressing the evidence, and accordingly we reverse.

I. FACTS.

At about 11:30 a.m. on December 19, 1985, Special Agent Paul Markonni of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was at...

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