UNITED STATES v. WILKERSON

No. 72-1425.

478 F.2d 813 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph A. WILKERSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1973.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Carl Runge, Jr., East St. Louis, Ill., for appellant.

Richard K. Coffin, Dept. of Justice, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and MEHAFFY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 10, 1973.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Joseph A. Wilkerson, was charged in a one-count information with possession with intent to distribute forty-nine pounds of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Preliminary to trial, two motions to suppress were filed and overruled by Chief Judge Meredith of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Upon trial to a jury defendant was found...

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