United States v. Ramon Rodriguez and Michael Buttigieg

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

This is one of a growing number of cases in which evidence of crime has been discovered in the course of a search of baggage or parcels consigned to commercial carriers for shipment. 1 The issue is whether the Dis trict Court erred by denying defendants’ motion to suppress narcotics which were discovered when employees of Emery Air Freight Co. opened a parcel delivered to Emery by defendant Rodriguez for shipment to defendant Buttigieg. Both defendants were convicted of conspiracy to possess narcotics with intent to distribute, 2 and Buttigieg was also convicted of the…