UNITED STATES v. EDWARDS

No. 80-5460. Summary Calendar.

644 F.2d 1 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ted EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

May 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Atlee W. Wampler, III, U. S. Atty., David Kelley, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr. and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant Edwards was charged with knowingly and intentionally possessing with the intent to distribute 30,000 pounds of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). A pretrial motion to suppress evidence of the marijuana was denied, and, following a bench trial, appellant was adjudicated guilty. He appeals, urging that the motion to suppress should have been granted.

The pertinent facts are undisputed. On April 23, 1979, the Coast Guard...

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