UNITED STATES v. McGREEVY

No. 80-1104.

652 F.2d 849 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francis Joseph McGREEVY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1981.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Baron, Brown, Baron & Madden, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Marcy L. Norton, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellee; Judith Meisels Ashmann, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before FLETCHER and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


SOLOMON, Judge:

Francis Joseph McGreevy appeals from a judgment of conviction for the possession of quaaludes under 21 U.S.C. § 844(a). In his appeal, he contends that the district court erred in failing to suppress the quaaludes and their containers which were discovered during a warrantless search at the Miami International Airport.

On September 10, 1979, a man calling himself Tony Lagama brought a package to the Federal Express counter at the Miami...

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