United States v. Marshall

OPINION

Before BARNES, WRIGHT and WALLACE, Circuit Judges. WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

On November 30, 1973, officers of the Los Angeles Police Department closed the net on a major narcotics transaction. Based upon informer tips, independent investigation and surveillance of suspects, the police believed that Marshall was a heroin dealer who made deliveries to customers from other cities through a female, Harris, who lived with him. The narcotics were supplied, the police believed, by Macias and were stored, they learned, in an apartment registered to Tuminello. After completing a heroin sale at…