Legal Opinion
United States v. Carl Bailey
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 10, 1983No. 81-7610PublishedCited by 191 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:
This ease is another in a long series of cases involving Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agents and their police-citizen encounters at Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport. Although we assume arguendo that the agents illegally arrested the defendant Carl Bailey, we hold that the cocaine and heroin found on Bailey’s person were lawfully seized, and we therefore affirm Bailey’s convictions.
I. FACTS
Shortly after 5:00 A.M. on September 22, 1977, DEA Agent Michael Dorsett, while on duty at the Atlanta Airport, observed a black man, subsequently…
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