United States v. Chabot

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This decision is the outgrowth of a motion to suppress evidence seized in a warrantless search of an aircraft in the early morning hours of December 23, 1981, at Alexander Hamilton International Airport, St. Croix. As the result of the search, nearly 800 pounds of marijuana were seized, and the defendant faces multiple charges, both federal and territorial, involving importation and possession of a controlled substance. When defendant moved to suppress the evidence, the government, at the hearing on January 22, 1982, accepted the burden of proof to show that the actions of…