United States v. Braxton Lake Freeman, Lawrence John Graham, Peter Martell, A/K/A Pita, A/K/A Peter

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This case brings before this Court the increasingly vexatious difficulties created by man’s quest for quick riches through smuggling. While on a routine patrol off the Florida coast, United States Customs Officers caught defendant Freeman with his hand on the rudder illegally attempting to bring aliens into the United States. 1 During the suppression hearing in the District Court, defendant Freeman contended that the Customs Officers violated the sanctity of the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures and the trial judge agreed.…