Legal Opinion
United States v. Tommy Joe Coplen, United States of America v. Henry Valentin Valenzuela, United States of America v. John Balmer McKittrick
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1976No. 75-3633, 75-3739, 75-3663PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BARNES and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * District Judge. BARNES, Senior Circuit Judge':
On November 5,1974, United States Customs Agent Kontrabecki conducted a routine investigation to discover smuggling activity at Freeway Airport, Tucson, Arizona. During this investigation, he discovered marijuana debris in an aircraft registered to Tommy Joe Copien. Thereafter, Copien and his aircraft were kept under surveillance by federal authorities.
On February 20, 1975, defendant Valenzuela (under observation) drove Copien to Freeway Airport. Thereafter, Copien departed in his plane…
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