United States v. Francisco Ponce
This text of 449 F.2d 1299 (United States v. Francisco Ponce) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
The judgment of conviction is affirmed in this marijuana smuggling and importation case.
We find the questioned search of the nearby dresser drawer unobjectionable. Searching for a possibly secreted weapon, incriminating telephone call records were found. If the scope of the search was justified, any material evidence found is admissible. On the facts here, the government is not defeated by Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752, 89 S.Ct. 2034, 23 L.Ed.2d 685 (1969).
We find other issues raised without merit.
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