United States v. Robert Lee Regan, United States of America v. John S. Griffin

GIBSON, Chief Judge.

Appellants, Robert Lee Regan and John S. Griffin, were jointly tried to the court on stipulated facts without a jury and convicted on count III of a six-count indictment of possessing heroin with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1970). Regan was sentenced to thirty years in prison plus six years mandatory parole, and Griffin to eight years in prison plus three years parole. The sole contention raised by appellants in this appeal is that the District Court 1 erred in refusing to suppress as evidence 368.08 grams (about %ths of a pound) of heroin…