Legal Opinion
United States v. Tomas Maldonado
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1984No. 83-2710PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Tomas Maldonado appeals the district court’s affirmance of his misdemeanor conviction for simple possession of heroin. 21 U.S.C. § 844. He challenges both the denial of his motion to suppress heroin found during a search of his car and the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction for the knowing possession of this illegal drug. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the conviction.
FACTS
On May 25, 1982, Sergeant David Brink of the Corpus Christi Police Department, acting on information supplied earlier that day by a reliable informant, obtained a…
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