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NARCOTICS M LAW BULLETIN f||[n INDEX 1998 JANUARY — DECEMBER VOLUME 25 Month Page Month Page Canine Search Police find drug paraphernalia with suspect’s Drug dog jumps through door previously opened papers, Scalf (OH).Apr. 5 by officer, Winningham (10th Cir.).June 6 Police find drugs in car of driver arrested for DUl, Rozajewske (ID).Mar. 3 Conspiracy Police see suspect lean into bathroom area where Brothers argue evidence failed to prove conspiracy, drugs are later found, Willis (LA).Dec. 5 Hass (5th Cir.).Nov. 6 Student’s ID, books, and traffic tickets are found Man argues there wasn’t enough evidence showing at scene of drug raid, Benn (MS).Oct. 2 he was involved in admitted conspiracy with Suspect kicks matchbox containing cocaine, three other people, Flores (4th Cir.).Aug. 7 Wallace (TX).Mar. 2 Man claims he didn’t know about grow operation Suspects’ mouths fall open when officer asks if in his basement. Bishop (6th Cir.).Apr. 4 they have drugs in car, Matthews (TN).May 2 Man claims he wasn’t co-conspirator because he only supplied drug to leader, Flores (10th Cir.).. Sept. 5 Delivery Man testifies he ‘stood security’ for drug dealer. Informant makes controlled buy through window Berry, Jr. (7th Cir.).Mar. 3 of car, Jones (WA).Dec. 7 Suspect argues no conspiracy existed, just Suspect claims conviction on delivery charge is negotiations about each sale, Johnson (7th Cir.) . May 5 inconsistent with acquittal on possession Suspect says a single transaction doesn’t constitute charge, Davis (DE).May 6 conspiracy, Heckstall (MD).May 5 Undercover officers don’t see what was Suspects help move lights involved in growing exchanged through car window, Soto (MA).Sept. 5 marijuana, Avery (6th Cir.).Feb. 7 Woman says she is going to get her husband Distribution from airport because he just made drug buy, Suspect argues substance he sold wasn’t Fultz (AR).Aug. 8 methamphetamine, Farr (MO).Oct. 7 Constructive Possession Suspect claims he can’t be convicted of both Driver claims he didn’t constructively possess possession and distribution, Bullock (DC).May 4 drugs that passenger dropped. Hurdle (NJ).June 2 Suspect finds man to sell officer drugs, Man claims only link to drugs is their presence Johnson (7th Cir.).Jan. 7 in his truck. Summers (VA).Aug. 6 Man leases apartment in which police find items Entrapment of drug trade, Taylor (VA).Sept. 3 Man claims officer offered him more money to Officer finds drugs after single prisoner is make drug buy, Yarbrough (TX).Oct. 3 transported in empty van, Langston (VA).Nov. 4 Man claims profit from drug deals induced him Officers find drugs in matchbox near where to commit crime, McCauley (TX).Oct. 4 suspect fell, Goodjoint (LA).Sept. 4 Officer gives suspected drug dealer two Officers see man throw object into back of truck, marijuana samples, Connolly (MI).Dec. 4 Rodriguez (WA).Dec. 5 Suspect claims informant induced him to deliver Officers see suspect run from rear bedroom where drugs to undercover officer, Burt (9th Cir.).June 7 they later find drugs, Clarke (MA).May 3 Suspect claims police entrapped him by letting Police find bags of cocaine in car belonging to him ‘take a pinch’ of the drug, Jordan (IN).Apr. 6 suspect’s friend, Davis (WA).Sept. 2 Suspect with scale at home and pager and money Police find cocaine in suspect’s dresser drawer, on him claims entrapment, Crawford (ID).Feb. 4 Soumphonphankdy (10th Cir.).Jan. 8 Publisher: E. Michael Quinlan, Esq. Managing Editor: Stephanie Federico Editor in Chief: Joanne L. Belasco, Esq. Legal Editors: Carol Johnson Perkins, Esq., Michael R. Jung, Esq., Alfred Gordon, Esq., Maya D. Bazar, Esq. Editors: L. Hunter Boyle, Mary Moylan, Emily S. Henderson Published by NARCOTICS LAW BULLETIN Copyright © 1998 23 Drydock Ave., Boston, MA 02210-2387 (617) 542-0048 Fax: (617) 345-9646 OimAN PUBLISHING CO. email: [email protected] http://www.quinlan.com Page 2 — January 1998 - December 1998 N.L.B. Month Page Month Page Forfeiture Police find drugs and monetary denominations Alleged shoe salesman says cash is from car used in drug sales on man, Wade (TN).July 6 sales, $129,727.00 U.S. Currency (9th Cir.).Mar. 5 Police find two cocaine-filled prescription bottles Claimant argues forfeiture of car would be double in suspect’s motel room. Pis (10th Cir.).June 5 jeopardy, In Re 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier (NH) ...June 8 Suspect claims alternate theory showed he didn’t Claimants argue federal government was bound possess drugs to distribute them, Douglas (TX).. Aug. 4 by state plea agreement. One Parcel of Real Suspect claims intent to distribute and conspiracy Estate Located at 25 Sandra Court (7th Cir.).Mar. 6 to deliver are same crime, Deharo (WA).Apr. 3 Government shows that gold mine wasn’t source Suspect claims it was too dark for officer to see of income because it hadn’t been mined in him drop cocaine. White (VA).Feb. 6 years, $405,089.23 U.S. Currency (CA).Aug. 5 Suspect claims woman’s admission to drug Man claims delay in forfeiture hearing violated his ownership exonerated him, Lee (VA).Dec. 3 due process rights. In re the Forfeiture of One Suspect pulls out from drawer bottle containing 1988 Black Chevrolet Corvette cocaine, Goodner (IN).Feb. 5 Automobile (WA).Jan. 4 Suspects claim their innocence because what Man claims evidence was insufficient for case to they sold wasn’t controlled substance, go to trial, $13,900 U.S. Currency (LA).Oct. 8 Sobrilski (8th Cir.).Jan. 5 Man claims forfeiture of house was excessive Manufacture fine. Real Property Located at 25445 Via Dona Officers smell odor of methamphetamine Christa, Valencia, California (9th Cir.).Apr. 7 manufacturing. Heath (CA).Oct. 5 Man claims illegal seizure precluded forfeiture of Woman admits owning some of contraband found truck. $206,323.56, More or Less, in United inside trailer, Kemp (AR).Oct. 6 States Currency (WV).May 7 Man fails to respond to government’s forfeiture Possession claim. Real Property located in Fresno Man claims he didn’t possess drugs found in County (9th Cir.).Mar. 7 cruiser’s backseat after his arrest, Officers find almost half a million dollars in plastic McClinton (7th Cir.).Aug. 3 bags, $497,590 United States Currency (CA).Jan. 3 Man claims he was only in apartment to use Police allegedly seize drugs and items from telephone when police found drugs. unemployed claimants living in public housing. Moody (GA).June 4 Four Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($465.00) Man in emergency room is charged with United States Currency (TX).Sept. 8 possession of drugs found in car miles away, Woman claims she was innocent owner of items Bailey (AR).Aug. 2 found at nightclub where police found drugs, Man says ‘1 knew it, I knew it’ after police Salem (GA).July 3 approach him when he picks up package Woman claims to be transporting currency from containing drugs, DeRossett (OH).July 4 jewelry sale but lacks required license. In Re: Officer finds cocaine where suspect had been Forfeiture of One Hundred Seventy-One sitting in cruiser, Davis (OH).Dec. 6 Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars ($171,900) in Officers find cocaine where suspect had been United States Currency (FL).July 2 sitting in cell. Tucker (VA).July 5 Police find drugs in bathroom shared by owner Intent to Distribute and son. Love (GA).Feb. 3 Arrestee has 10 individually wrapped marijuana Police search guest outside home where suspected baggies in underwear. Jack (LA).Feb. 4 drug activity is occurring, Gillings (8th Cir.).Nov. 3 Deputies find marijuana throughout house, Police see man walking from car where they find Gladney (LA).Jan. 6 drugs. Cheeks (GA).Nov. 2 Detective finds almost 2 grams of cocaine in Suspect asks man to throw away cup containing suspect’s bra, Schuster (WA).Sept. 7 cocaine, Mixon (KS).Feb. 2 Did suspect know about drugs in car behind him at Suspect claims bag of marijuana in his underwear border checkpoint?, Garcia-Marquez (10th Cir.). Apr. 2 isn’t his. Harper (MT).Jan. 2 Man admits selling drugs for a living, Suspect claims he would have admitted dropping Franklin (LA).Nov. 5 cocaine if it were his, Gibson (OH).June 3 Man holds the only set of keys to car where Prescription Drugs police find drugs, Boone (VA).Sept. 6 Woman arrested for possessing sleep and weight- Man tells officers to look wherever they want in control medication, Wright (TX).Feb. 6 garage, Oliver (TX).July 7 Woman claims tablets didn’t contain sufficient Officers find cocaine all over kitchen floor, amount of drug for prosecution, Hayes (FL).Nov. 7 Robinson (7th Cir.).Dec. 2 Officer sees suspect exchange items out of a Sale matchbox for money, Stewart (GA).Mar. 5 Man possesses six individually wrapped rocks of Police find almost 8 grams of cocaine in suspect’s cocaine. Nelson (FL).Apr. 8 bedroom. Hunt (5th Cir.).Mar. 4 Sentencing Police find cocaine but no smoking device to use Court converts seized money into its drug with it. Lovelace (VA).July 7 equivalent. Smith, Sr. (4th Cir.).Nov. 7 V:- i I \