UNITED STATES v. NORMAN

Nos. 82-5129 to 82-5131.

701 F.2d 295 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Paul Mayhew NORMAN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ramon Florencio ARCE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert Leonard BRYANT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 29, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nestor Castillo, Jr., Bennie Lazzara, Jr., Tampa, Fla. (Chris Christie, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants.

J. Phillip Krajewski, Asst. U.S. Atty., Norfolk, Va. (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BUTZNER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and WALTER E. BLACK, Jr., United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 29, 1983.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Paul M. Norman, Ramon F. Arce, and Robert L. Bryant, were convicted of conspiracy to import, possession, and importation of marijuana. They appeal, asserting that the trial court erred in refusing to suppress 552 bales of marijuana seized aboard their vessel. We find that the search and seizure of the marijuana were justified by the plain view exception to the Fourth Amendment and...

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