Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Wilson Prince, A/K/A R. Shaw
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1977No. 76-1344PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Ronald W. Prince, appeals his conviction by the district court sitting without a jury, for possession with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance (heroin) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841.
On December 3, 1974, Special Agent Paul Markonni of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was contacted by a security officer at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. This security officer advised Markonni that during a routine security check of luggage, x-ray equipment revealed an unidentifiable “large mass of space” which required her to open and…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. Nathaniel PopeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Robert Ross McCaleb and Brenda PageCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Tallice AndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. John B. Calandrella, United States of America v. John A. KayeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Leonard B. Steele, (83-5108), Marvin Lee Echols, (83-5109), David A. Warren, (83-5110), Jackie Wayne Scarborough, (83-5111)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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