UNITED STATES v. VALEN

Crim. No. 14957.

348 F.Supp. 1163 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Eric Wesley VALEN.

United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania.

September 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. John Cottone, U. S. Atty., Laurence M. Kelly, Asst. U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., for plaintiff.

David Rudovsky, Kairys & Rudovsky, Philadelphia, Pa., Frank G. Harrison, Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for defendant.


SHERIDAN, Chief Judge.

Eric Wesley Valen, defendant, was indicted for knowingly, intentionally and unlawfully possessing with intent to dispense and distribute about forty-four pounds of marihuana, a controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Defendant has filed a motion to suppress the marihuana as evidence.

On May 25, 1971, at the Emery Freight Office in Tucson, Arizona, Dennis Thompson, an employee, observed two suitcases addressed...

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