UNITED STATES v. ZANDI

Nos. 84-5320, 84-5321.

769 F.2d 229 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hadi ZANDI, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mehdi ZANDI, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Adler, Washington, D.C., Garth M. Wainman, Fairfax, Va. (Hazel, Beckhorn & Hanes, Fairfax, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Dale A. Zusi, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty. (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., Kenneth E. Melson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Arlington, Va., Daniel W. Cotter, Third Year Law Student on brief), for appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and SNEEDEN, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

I.

Hadi and Mehdi Zandi seek reversals of their convictions for possession of opium with intent to distribute on the following grounds: 1) the delay between their indictment and trial violated the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (Supp. IV 1980); 2) the government failed to prove that the Zandis possessed the opium within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); 3) the government failed to prove that the Zandis had...

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