UNITED STATES v. KNOTTS

Nos. 80-1952, 80-1953.

662 F.2d 515 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Leroy Carlton KNOTTS and Darryl Petschen, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. Berg, U. S. Atty., Ann D. Montgomery, Asst. U. S. Atty., D. Minn., argued, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Elizabeth L. De La Vega, Legal Intern.

William J. Mauzy, Minneapolis, Minn., for Darryl Petschen.

Joseph S. Friedberg, Mark W. Peterson, argued, Minneapolis, Minn., for Leroy Knotts.

Before HEANEY and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 29, 1981.

PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Leroy Knotts and Darryl Petschen appeal from their convictions of conspiring to manufacture controlled substances. The principal issue on appeal concerns the admissibility of evidence obtained through use of a signal transmitter ("beeper") placed by police agents in a can of chloroform purchased by a co-conspirator of the appellants'. Knotts and Petschen argue that the warrantless...

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