United States v. Russell, No. 11-30030 (9th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed from the district court's denial of his motion to suppress 700 Oxycodone pills found in his underwear after a warrantless search by officers in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. At issue was the scope of a voluntary consent to search at an airport. The court concluded that defendant voluntarily consented to a search of his person, and that the arresting officer's full-body pat-down including the groin area outside defendant's pants, was reasonable and did not exceed his consent. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's denial of the motion to suppress.
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