United States v. William Monroe Fry, Jr.

Whether or not drug couriers fit a profile, 1 airport stops of putative couriers do. This appeal involves a typical warrantless stop, search and seizure by a Drug Enforcement Administration agent at the Atlanta airport. Two key issues were presented: the validity of the stop and eventual seizure and the district court’s adoption of a federal magistrate’s findings and conclusions on a motion to suppress without a hearing de novo of credibility issues by the district judge. Because both issues have been resolved adversely to the accused by recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court, we…