Legal Opinion
United States v. Gilberto Santana
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 1, 1973No. 89, Docket 73-1702PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
Gilberto Santana appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York convicting him, after a verdict, of possession of approximately 34 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute and of simple possession of the same, in violation of 21 U.S. C. §§ 812, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 844.
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The most serious point raised on appeal is the correctness of the court’s ruling, at the conclusion of a pre-trial suppression hearing, which upheld the legality of the seizure of the cocaine. The circumstances, briefly stated, were as follows:
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