Court Opinion

ID: 9460601
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 21:55:19.069674+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:41.994086
License: Public Domain

FRED M. TAYLOR, District Judge
(concurring) :
I am constrained to concur in reversing the conviction of appellant only because of the record made on remand of the case to the district court for a hearing in regard to the hazard of the method used in extracting the condom from the body of appellant. It is unfortunate and regrettable that because we must accept the idealistic testimony of medical experts, instead of relying on ordi*857nary common sense, that the guilty appellant must be set free to again traffic in narcotics.
On the basis of the original record, prior to remand, I would have been in favor of affirming the conviction. It clearly appears from that record that the condom containing the heroin was removed by the simple process of the inspector taking hold of and pulling the protruding end of the condom and with the cooperation of appellant the condom was removed without any intrusion of the cavity and without any injury, harm or significant pain to appellant.