United States v. James Norman Hill

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

On February 22, 1973, agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, acting on a tip from an informer, arrested James Norman Hill in the Miami International Airport. Immediately prior to his arrest, Hill had deplaned from a Califoria flight and had claimed his “baggage,” which contained 623 reels of 8mm non-sound color motion picture film depicting a variety of explicit sexual acts. When the grand jury returned its two count indictment against Hill for violations of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1462 1 and § 1465 2 on May 3, 1973, the Supreme Court had not yet announced its decisions in…