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UNITED STATES v. MEDINA-VERDUGO

Nos. 79-1042, 79-1309 and 79-1314.

637 F.2d 649 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Javier Alvaro MEDINA-VERDUGO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lanita Harriet WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Douglas ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1980.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank T. Vecchione, John H. Tannenberg, San Diego, Cal., argued for defendants-appellants; Jerrold Ladar, San Francisco, Cal., on brief.

John J. Robinson, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., argued for plaintiff-appellee United States; Michael H. Walsh, U.S. Atty., John J. Robinson, Eve Bermingham, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., on brief.

Before SNEED and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals from convictions of persons who participated in a drug transaction raise questions concerning the search of a purse carried by one participant and a later search of luggage contained in an automobile. We affirm the conviction resulting from the search of the purse because the appellant has no standing to object to it. We are required by Supreme Court authority, however, to reverse the conviction resulting from the...

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