United States v. Pietro Tussa, Rajan Patiwana, Pietro Amato, and Paolo Zummo, Defendants

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

These appeals are from judgments of conviction entered after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Herbert N. Maletz, Judge. 1 The appellants were convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1982), and conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1982). Appellant Amato principally argues that the district court erred (1) by basing denial of his motion to suppress on a finding that probable cause existed for his warrantless…