UNITED STATES v. DORSEY

Nos. 77-1750, 77-1801.

591 F.2d 922 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America v. James Robert DORSEY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Faye Margaret CRAWFORD a/k/a Faye Margaret Powell, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1978.

As Amended January 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Petranto* and Evelyn G. Kitay,* with whom Michael E. Geltner, Washington, D.C. (appointed by this Court), and Larry J. Ritchie, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, McGOWAN and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge McGOWAN.

After the police, in the course of executing a search warrant at a private dwelling, discovered appellants Robert Dorsey and Faye Crawford in a bedroom containing 83½ grams of two-percent-purity heroin, both were arrested and charged with local and federal narcotics offenses. Crawford was also charged with several firearms violations under local and federal statutes. A principal...

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