UNITED STATES v. BENDER

No. 78-5386 Summary Calendar.

588 F.2d 200 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sandy BENDER and Oliver Workman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ronald Vercher, Houston, Tex., for Bender.

Ellis C. McCullough, Houston, Tex., for Workman.

J. A. Canales, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, George A. Kelt, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Robert A. Berg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Sandy Bender and Oliver Workman were found guilty by a jury of possession of 45 pounds of marijuana. The sole issue on appeal is the legality of the search and seizure of 19 pounds of marijuana found in a car in which Bender and Workman were passengers and the legality of the search and seizure of 45 pounds of marijuana from another car for which they were here convicted.

We assume without deciding that both defendants had standing to contest both...

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