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UNITED STATES v. VIEGAS

Nos. 80-1233, 80-1361.

639 F.2d 42 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Tracey VIEGAS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 8, 1981.

Certiorari Denied May 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherrill P. Cline, Boston, Mass., with whom Ravech, Aronson & Shuman, P.C., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

John H. LaChance, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., and Walter B. Prince, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., were on brief for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied May 4, 1981. See 101 S.Ct. 2046.

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

At 1:00 A.M. on November 7, 1979, defendant Viegas arrived at Logan Airport in Boston from Florida with no apparent cloud over him. Later that day his suitcase, which he was required to leave behind, was opened and found to contain 290 grams of cocaine, for the possession of which he now stands convicted. Our question, procedurally presented by two appeals, is whether the court...

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