United States v. Jardee Carter

HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Jardee Carter was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute after federal agents made a controlled delivery of an Express Mail package. He appeals challenging the admission into evidence of a drug courier profile. 1 We affirm.

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United States postal inspectors monitor Express Mail packages for narcotics. On December 19, 1988, an inspector at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis noticed a package addressed to Loretta Perry at a St. Louis address. The package had a Los Angeles return address, a “source” area for narcotics. The inspector ran a…