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UNITED STATES v. 17,400 DOLLARS IN CURRENCY

No. 74-1638.

524 F.2d 1105 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEVENTEEN THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CURRENCY, Defendant, and Ronald A. Nocenti, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1975.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Scott, Scott, Goddard & Bush, Denver, Colo. (of counsel: Hugh M. Siegman, Santa Monica, Cal.), for claimant-appellant.

Douglas D. Doane, Asst. U. S. Atty., and James L. Treece, U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and BARRETT and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.

LEWIS, Chief Judge.

This case has a completely unique but undisputed factual background. Nocenti, described by the government as "a cooperating individual for the plaintiff United States of America," obtained from two illicit drug dealers in Denver, Colorado, Merkowitz and Smaldone, the sum of $18,500 for the purpose of buying, in Peru, as much cocaine as possible and smuggling the contraband drugs back to Denver. With the full cooperation of the Bureau of Narcotics...

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