UNITED STATES v. WEST

No. 80-1727.

651 F.2d 71 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Claude K. WEST, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Edwards, Boston, Mass., with whom Douglas K. Mansfield, and Chaplin, Casner & Edwards, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.

John H. LaChance, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Claude West was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). His contention on appeal is that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress the cocaine seized from his suitcase by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents at Logan Airport in Boston.

There was testimony at the suppression hearing from which the court could find the following facts...

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