Legal Opinion
United States v. Timothy Alexander Levy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 20, 1989No. 86-1709PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
On April 3, 1986, the appellant, Timothy Levy, was traveling from Jamaica to St. Martin in the Caribbean, when his plane made a scheduled stop in Puerto Rico (to pick up, but not to discharge, passengers). United States Customs agents, looking through the plane’s luggage compartment, found a metal box containing marijuana in a suitcase. Appellant later admitted to the customs agents that the suitcase was his, and unlocked his other suitcase, which also contained marijuana, in the agents’ presence. He was charged with unlawfully possessing 109 pounds of marijuana with…
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- United States v. Ralph McKenzieCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Armando Jimenez-Rivera, United States of America v. Jose Francisco Rivera-LopezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- United States v. James J. LyonsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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