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UNITED STATES v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 94-4768.

74 F.3d 1164 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jaime Antonio RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kendall Coffey, U.S. Attorney, Lois Foster-Steers, Lisa A. Hirsch, Lisa T. Rubio, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for appellant.

Howard M. Srebnick, Thomas White, Paul M. Rashkind, Acting Federal Public Defenders, Miami, FL, for appellee.

Before EDMONDSON and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and CUDAHY, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This case involves a traveler who was suspected of smuggling drugs in his alimentary canal, that is, an internal drug carrier. The traveler was detained for about ninety minutes by customs agents as he entered the country. While he was detained, heroin was discovered as a result of a bowel movement;1 but the district court ordered that the heroin pellets be suppressed.2 The government appealed....

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