United States v. Chester Lee Adams

The appellant, Chester Lee Adams, was convicted in the district court for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1970). The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the war-rantless search of appellant’s vehicle that uncovered the marijuana qualifies as a border search. We find that it does and affirm.

The search took place on the morning of January 13, 1977, in the wilderness of Big Bend National Park after United States Customs officers, on a routine patrol, stopped a camper a short distance from the Rio…