Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Chemaly
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 18, 1984No. 83-5065PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Chief Judge:
This case involves the warrantless search at the border of a person departing the United States. The search discovered over $5,000 in currency, and the defendant was charged with currency reporting violations and with making false statements to customs officials. The currency reporting statute, former 31 U.S.C. §§ 1101, 1105, requires that probable cause and a warrant exist before searches for violations can occur. We must decide whether the border exception to the fourth amendment’s warrant requirement, applicable to incoming passengers, applies in this case to the…
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