United States v. Becky Rael

SETH, Circuit Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a conviction of illegal receipt and concealment of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. The defendant-appellant on this appeal challenges the validity of the search warrant, the execution of which disclosed the narcotics used as evidence at her trial.

Several weeks prior to the date appellant was arrested, two narcotics officers of the Albuquerque police department began surveillance of two residences located on a corner lot at Barelas Road S.W. and Parkway Road S.W. in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Appellant’s brother, Melchor Tafoya, lived in…