United States v. Edward A. Slocum

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

The defendant appeals from his district court conviction for possession of, with intent to distribute, cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1).

Defendant Slocum was arrested at Newark Airport by a Deputy United States Marshal assigned to the airport’s Anti-Air Piracy Squad. Defendant had purchased a one-way ticket on a flight to Mexico City which included a stopover in Atlanta. The ticket agent had alerted the marshal that defendant’s characteristics conformed to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Anti-Air Hijack Profile (“the Profile”). Thus,…