UNITED STATES v. JODOIN

No. 81-1293.

672 F.2d 232 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Peter JODOIN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. McBride, Everett, Mass., with whom Michael F. Natola, Everett, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Charles T. Spurlock, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cambridge, Mass., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Judge, and BREYER, Circuit Judge.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

After jury trial in the Massachusetts federal district court, appellant Peter Jodoin was convicted of unlawfully possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it. 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).1 On this appeal he attacks the admissibility into evidence of cocaine seized from a suitcase he carried; he argues that his trial was held after the Speedy Trial Act's time limit had expired; and he asserts that certain jury instructions...

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