UNITED STATES v. TURNER

Nos. 79-5353, 80-5088.

650 F.2d 526 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gregory Darnell TURNER and Curtis Woodrow Jones, Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John Lewis KELLY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 5, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Spence, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Md. (Fred Warren Bennett, Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Md., Lisa A. Fillmore, Law Clerk, W. Samuel Truette and David G. Schriver, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants.

D. Christopher Ohly, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md. (Russell T. Baker, Jr., U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before BUTZNER, SPROUSE, and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Gregory Turner, Curtis Jones, and John Kelly appeal their convictions for possessing and distributing cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We affirm because the warrantless entry into Turner's apartment was justified by exigent circumstances and there is sufficient evidence to sustain the convictions.

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On October 20, 1978, a police corporal learned from an informant that Turner and Jones were using Turner...

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