Legal Opinion
United States v. Susan Jill Forbicetta
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 2, 1973No. 73-1974PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
In a Bench trial, Miss Forbicetta was convicted of the knowing, intentional and unlawful importation of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C., § 952(a), and of the knowing, intentional, and unlawful possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C., § 841(a)(1).
It could not have been denied that on November 21, 1972 the appellant arrived at Miami International Airport on a flight from Bogota, Colombia, carrying, while concealed on her person, 2% pounds of cocaine. An attack upon the validity of the search which discovered the cocaine provided the only…
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