UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 77-1931.

572 F.2d 227 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kenneth Paul JOHNSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom O'Toole, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant.

John G. Hawkins, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and HUG, Circuit Judges, and INGRAM, District Judge.


EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

A jury found appellant guilty of conspiring to import heroin and conspiring to possess it with intent to distribute. He argues on appeal that the trial judge erred in admitting in evidence a quantity of heroin and an altered automobile gasoline tank, both of which were seized in warrantless searches. We affirm.

FACTS:

On December 15, 1975, agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested appellant and...

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