Legal Opinion
United States v. Rosa Santiago, United States of America v. Ariel Santiago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 14, 1987No. 86-1245, 86-1246PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a conviction for the importation and the possession with intent to distribute cocaine under 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
I. Background
On November 9, 1985, a United States customs agent observed Manuel Flores disembarking from a cruise ship in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The agent, his suspicions aroused by the man’s strange manner of walking, followed him and questioned him. The agent asked Flores to remove his shoes whereupon cocaine was discovered concealed in the insoles. Flores was arrested and searched, revealing a…
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