U.S. v. CRAFT

No. 94-1756.

30 F.3d 1044 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kareem Sekou CRAFT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald V. Tanner, Jr., St. Louis, MO, argued (Kenneth H. Gibert, on the brief), for appellant.

Kenneth R. Tihen, St. Louis, MO, argued, for appellee.

Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and BEAM, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

After Kareem Sekou Craft exited an airplane at the St. Louis airport, police officers asked Craft if they could pat him down and Craft consented. During the search, an officer felt bulges around Craft's ankles. Believing the bulges were drugs, the officer lifted Craft's pant legs and discovered packages taped to Craft's ankles. The packages contained cocaine and heroin. When the government charged Craft...

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