United States v. Frederick Pratter

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

While studying at the University of Indiana in the spring of 1969, appellant and his wife resided in a house at Rural Route 6 on Whitehall Pike near Bloom-ington. They were both tried for violating 21 U.S.C. § 176a 1 by receiving and concealing marihuana knowing that it had been imported contrary to law. Mrs. Pratter was acquitted. The appeal from Pratter’s conviction raises several questions, principally whether appellant had “refused” — within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 3109 — to admit the arresting officers to his home before they admitted themselves. The answer…