UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
v.
SAMUEL BROWN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE,
SAMUEL BROWN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT
421 F.2d 181
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1969)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:
The facts in this case are almost identical to those in United States v. Castle, 409 F. 2d 1347 (9th Cir. 1969). Both involved rectal searches by customs inspectors. In both, the inspectors learned from reliable informants that the defendant was smuggling in heroin concealed in his rectal cavity. In both, a strip search of the defendant confirmed the informants’ testimony. In both, the body cavity search was conducted by approved medical techniques, in a hospital, with as little pain and as little invasion of human dignity as is possible, given the nature of the search involved. The search was conducted on October 24, 1968.
We have concluded that under our precedents there was the necessary “clear indication” to justify the search, that the search was properly conducted, and that the conviction must be affirmed. Henderson v. United States, 390 F. 2d 805 (9th Cir. 1967); Rivas v. United States, 368 F. 2d 703 (9th Cir. 1966); cf. Blackford v. United States, 247 F. 2d 745 (9th Cir. 1962).
Affirmed.
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Authorities Cited
- Henderson v. United States, 390 F.2d 805 (9th Cir. 1967)
- Blackford v. United States, 247 F.2d 745 (9th Cir. 1957)
- Moises Rivas v. United States, 368 F.2d 703 (9th Cir. 1966)
- United States v. Castle, 409 F.2d 1347 (9th Cir. 1969)