United States v. Frank Gunnar Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This is a marijuana smuggling case, involving a search on the high seas. We have taken the case en banc to harmonize the discordant precedent that has evolved in the Fifth Circuit and to set aside the original panel’s improper application in this nautical context of fourth amendment standards that courts have developed to test searches and seizures that occur ashore. Our analysis of the law should diminish the uncertainty that has burdened those charged with enforcing on the seas the laws of the United States.
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Frank Gunnar Williams was charged with conspiring to import…
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