Legal Opinion

Lonnie Melvin Murray and Johnnie Charles Murray v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 5, 1969No. 22340_1PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

Lonnie and Johnnie Murray jointly appeal from judgments of conviction of violations of 21 U.S.C. § 174, smuggling and concealing heroin. Appellants were found guilty by a court sitting without a jury.

On appeal appellants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support their convictions, the legality of the search which resulted in the seizure of the contraband, the constitutionality of 26 U.S.C. §§ 4721 and 4722, and the sufficiency of the first count of the indictment.

Johnnie and Lonnie are brothers. On the morning of February 11, 1967, the brothers flew from…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Marchetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Grosso v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Haynes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Alfredo Delgado Arellanes and Geneva Arellanes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
  5. Barbara Jean Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. United States v. Victor Montano DislaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  2. United States v. Jose Luis Oropeza and Mark James MintonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  3. United States v. Phillip Andrew ScottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
  4. United States v. MurrayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
  5. United States v. Frederick BetheaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971

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