United States v. Bennett

OPINION OF THE COURT

FULTON, Judge:

Accosted by German policemen as he emerged into the hallway from his off-post *905apartment in Germany, the appellant dropped a package containing six packets of heroin (.06 gram). A search of his person uncovered a hypodermic needle and syringe. Searching his apartment, the polizei found 16 more packets of heroin (.74 gram) in plain view on a shelf near the door, an additional 4.85 grams concealed in the base of a record turntable, and a trace (.01 gram) of marihuana on a small clip lying on a postal scale.

The appellant was charged with wrongfully possessing all…