Legal Opinion
United States v. Roberts
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 4, 2001No. 00-20781PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
Our analysis turns on whether the Fourth Amendment permits a non-routine, outbound search at the functional equivalent of the border, when Customs Agents reasonably suspect a traveler is smuggling contraband. William Douglas Roberts, convicted of possession and interstate transportation of child pornography, appeals the denial of his motion to suppress, claiming that diskettes containing child pornography seized during a warrantless search of his personal effects at an airport as he was departing the United States were obtained in violation of the Fourth…
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