United States v. Peter L. Francesco

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

On December 14, 1982 on the basis of an informant’s tip, agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), maintained surveillance on defendant-appellant Peter Francesco. They observed the defendant drive his car from his residence in Arlington, Massachusetts to the Hampton Toll Plaza in New Hampshire. The DEA officials arrested the defendant immediately upon entering a parking area in the toll plaza. A brown paper package was recovered from his car. Search warrants were obtained for the package and for the defendant’s residence in Arlington. The package was…