United States v. Sandra Denise Johnson

Defendant was convicted of smuggling, concealing, and transporting narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 173 and 174. Her sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in dismissing her motion to suppress the heroin introduced into evidence against her. She alleges that the evidence was the product of an illegal strip search of her person at the border.

The prosecution called two witnesses at the hearing on defendant’s motion to suppress. The first, Richard L. McCown, testified that he was a customs inspector stationed at San Ysidro, California, that he had considerable experience…