Legal Opinion
United States v. Mills
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 13, 2013No. 11-1249PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Based on tips from three confidential informants — we refer to them collectively as CIs, and individually as CI-1, CI-2, and CI-3 — federal agents in Maine suspected that James Mills had been smuggling oxycodone into the United States from Canada for some time, occasionally hiding the pills in condoms inserted into his rectum. Armed with this and other information, agents nabbed a suspiciously-acting Mills at the border on a return trip from Canada. One thing led to another and agents ended up handcuffing him to a hospital bed to monitor his impending bowel movement.…
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