I. M. v. State

I. M., a juvenile appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress as evidence cocaine found in one of his shoes as the result of a search by a customs officer at Miami International Airport. We affirm.

Appellant arrived at the airport on an international flight. He failed to pass Immigration when an officer discovered that the juvenile had arrived in the United States with a false Venezuelan passport. As the immigration officer escorted appellant into the customs area to pick up his luggage for the purpose of checking it for some proof of identification, a customs officer…