UNITED STATES V. HAVENS
446 U.S. 620 (1980)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was an appeal from a conviction for importing cocaine.
FACTS: Havens (D) and McLeroth (D1) were attorneys who got on a flight from Lima Peru to
Miami. In Miami, customs officials searched D1 and found cocaine sewn into his shirt
pockets. D1 implicated D. D's luggage was seized without a warrant and the officers found no
drugs but seized a T-shirt with torn pieces that matched the patches sewn into D1's shirt to
conceal the cocaine. The T-shirt and other evidence were suppressed on a motion prior to the
trial. D1 turned on D and testified against him at trial. D took the stand in his own
defense and denied involvement and the evidence from the luggage was used to impeach him. D
was found guilty and appealed. The Court of Appeals reversed.
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