UNITED STATES v. PAYNE

No. 13651.

423 F.2d 1125 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Martha L. PAYNE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ronald Lynch, Alexandria, Va., court-appointed counsel (Howard, Stevens, Westerman, Lynch & Howard, Alexandria, Va., on brief) for appellant.

Thomas O'Leary, Atty., Dept. of Justice (Will Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, and Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge.

Defendant was arrested as she was entering Lorton Reformatory to visit an inmate. A search of the defendant's purse disclosed a number of capsules containing heroin. Their admission in evidence during her trial for their possession is the principal point of this appeal.

Two days earlier, an arrest warrant for the defendant had been issued, based upon an earlier sale of narcotics to an undercover policewoman. The undercover agent also...

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