United States v. James Stanley Bentley

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

James Stanley Bentley appeals from a conviction for drug offenses, asserting various errors in the trial court. We affirm.

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On September 16, 1987, a radar operator for the United States Customs Service detected an airplane on the Mexican side of the border heading toward the United States. Radar tracked the plane, and customs aircraft followed it. Eventually, the plane ran out of fuel and crashed near Lubbock, Texas. Bentley, the sole passenger in the plane, ran away from the wreck across a field and then lay face down. Customs agents, who had landed their…