Legal Opinion
United States v. Douglas Paul Aman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1980No. C.A. 80-1045PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Douglas Aman was convicted of importation of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 841(a)(1). He appeals, challenging the admission at trial of approximately 42 grams of heroin which he had secreted in his rectal cavity. The presence of foreign objects in Aman’s body cavity was first disclosed by an X-ray search; Aman contends that neither the X-ray search nor the strip search which preceded it was proper.
We disagree. The following facts justified both the strip search…
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