United States v. Robert Dale Marchildon

TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

The defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of possession of a controlled substance, amphetamine, with intent to distribute. 1 His appeal covers a broad range of asserted errors. We find no prejudicial error in the case and we affirm.

On February 15, 1974, in the execution of a search warrant at defendant’s lake cabin near Nisswa, Minnesota, both the defendant’s house and garage were searched. In the latter was found, in a portable barbecue stand, a shaving kit containing a variety of drugs, including some 3,000 amphetamine tablets, as well as marijuana…