Legal Opinion
United States v. John J. Brennan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1976No. 75-3939PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
A warrantless search of defendant’s airplane disclosed the marijuana on which his convictions were based. Its validity is the only issue on appeal. Our rejection of the district court’s rationale that the airport at which the search occurred was the functional equivalent of the border requires that we examine the authority of the searching Customs agent. Having concluded that, after United States v. Almeida-Sanchez, 413 U.S. 266, 93 S.Ct. 2535, 37 L.Ed.2d 596 (1973), Customs agents possess no authority to search on less than probable cause at points removed from the…
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