U.S. v. NAVEDO-COLÓN

No. 92-1236.

996 F.2d 1337 (1993)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Jorge M. NAVEDO-COLÓN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan R. Acevedo Cruz, Hato Rey, PR, for defendant, appellant.

Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Sr. Litigation Counsel, with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, PR, was on brief, for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


BREYER, Chief Judge.

Jorge M. Navedo Colón appeals from his conviction for unlawfully possessing drugs with intent to distribute them. 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He argues that the district court should not have permitted the government to introduce as evidence about 26 kilograms of cocaine that government agents took from his suitcase at San Juan's airport. He says that the agents' search of his suitcases was warrantless and without his consent. He adds that...

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