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UNITED STATES v. ODNEAL

Nos. 76-3537, 76-3752.

565 F.2d 598 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steve Kent ODNEAL, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Louis RIBANDO, George M. Challman III, and Harold Louis Bennett, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard E. Beckler (argued), Hollywood, Cal., Hugh B. Fielder (argued), of Fielder & Fielder, North Hollywood, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Thomas J. Nolan, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and WONG, District Judge.

HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants were convicted for possessing with intent to distribute two tons of marihuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The issue is whether the district court erred in denying appellants' motion to suppress the marihuana found aboard a yacht by members of the Coast Guard and by a customs officer. We hold that detention of the yacht was justified and that probable cause emerging from the detention supported the subsequent search...

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