Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Monroe Fields, in No. 71-1218 Appeal of Louis Socrates Davis
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 4, 1972No. 71-1218, 71-1219PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
These appeals have been taken from convictions on all four counts of an indictment predicated upon alleged trafficking in narcotics. 1
The incident that led to the indictment was the discovery of a quantity of heroin in the flight bag of Dolores Butler at the Pittsburgh Airport shortly after she and the appellants, Fields and Davis, had debarked from an incoming plane. Thereafter, Mrs. Butler had given the authorities a detailed account of the alleged wrongdoing, picturing herself and Fields as participants, under the direction of Davis, in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Frazier v. CuppSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Hawkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States of America Ex Rel. Henry D. Harris v. Edward Hendricks, Warden, County PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- United States v. Miguel SandovalCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. AmmarCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Douglas T. PriceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- State v. SaiaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
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