United States Sixth Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a search of her luggage upon her arrival on an international flight at an airport is affirmed because customs officials did not need reasonable suspicion to x-ray her luggage during the "border" search, and they had reasonable suspicion that she possessed narcotics when they drilled a hole in, and cut the liner in, her luggage.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/24/2006
• Published 08/24/2006

Judges

• Before:  MOORE and SUTTON, Circuit Judges;  KATZ, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Carl E. Knochelmann, Jr., Covington, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Robert K. McBride, Assistant United States Attorney, Covington, Kentucky, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Carl E. Knochelmann, Jr., Covington, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Robert K. McBride, Assistant United States Attorney, Covington, Kentucky, Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.