Legal Opinion
United States v. Patrick John Gallagher
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1977No. 76-2347PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Patrick John Gallagher was tried before a jury on February 13,1975, on charges of (1) knowingly and intentionally importing hashish, 21 U.S.C. § 952(a), and (2) possessing hashish with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Convicted on charge (1) in the first count of the indictment, Gallagher was sentenced to a three and one-half year prison term. He now appeals the conviction, urging that it is tainted by the admission of ’illegally seized evidence.
On June 3, 1974, the SS Silur, a German ship, docked at the port of Baltimore, having sailed from Lisbon, Portugal. Among the items of…
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