United States v. Sandra Bulgier

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we uphold the validity of a warrantless search and seizure accomplished through a controlled delivery of narcotics.

I

The facts are recited substantially as found by the district court. On March 16, 1979, defendant arrived at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on a Continental Airlines flight from Los Angeles, California. She was unable to locate her luggage, and so she filed a Delayed Baggage Report with Continental. Thereupon, defendant left the airport.

The next day, Continental employees located the missing luggage, consisting of two suitcases and…