United States v. Antranik Paroutian

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Antranik Paroutian appeals from his conviction of knowingly and unlawfully receiving and concealing a narcotic drug, heroin hydrochloride, and of conspiring with another to import this drug into the United States, to receive, conceal, and sell it, and to facilitate its transportation, concealment, and sale — all in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. At a preliminary hearing Paroutian, who had been extradited from Lebanon to answer the indictment, moved to suppress certain evidence on the ground that it was obtained through a lead uncovered during an unlawful search of his…