UNITED STATES v. GOODING

No. 81-5077.

695 F.2d 78 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James GOODING, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Weiner, Fairfax, Va., (Kenneth R. Weiner, Weiner, Weiner & Weiner, P.C. Fairfax, Va., on brief), for appellant.

William G. Otis, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (Justin W. Williams, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., Roslyn R. Mauskopf, Third Year Law Student on brief), for appellee.

Before INGRAHAM, Senior Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, sitting by designation, and WIDENER and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

In this airport-drug-courier-stop case, James Gooding appeals his bench trial conviction of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to establish his intent to distribute and the denial of his motion to suppress evidence that he contends was obtained by an unconstitutional search. We hold that the evidence was sufficient to convict...

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