Legal Opinion
United States v. Tracey Viegas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 4, 1981No. 80-1233, 80-1361PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 erred in denying (without findings, United States v. Payton, 1 Cir., 1980, 615 F.2d 922) his motion to suppress.
The evidence warranted the following. At midnight two special agents of the…
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