United States v. Rene Ramirez

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted on a one-count indictment charging possession of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173, 174. The single question presented on this appeal is the propriety of Judge McGohey’s order made at a hearing prior to trial denying appellant’s motion brought under Rule 41(e) to suppress certain evidence.

The subject matter of the motion is 12 ounces, 111 grains of heroin that agents of the Narcotics and Customs Bureaus found in appellant’s apartment. Certain facts are undisputed. One Gabriel Ioanides, also known as George Ortiz, was a “special employee”…