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488 F.2d 138

Docket No. 73-2769

United States v. Sullivan

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Dec. 12, 1973.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1973-12-12

Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently May 1979

9 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 21 U.S.C. § 963

Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Brown v. United States

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1973-12-12

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¶1Summary Calendar.*

¶2Joseph S. Chagra, Lee A. Chagra, El Paso, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

¶3William Sessions, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Ronald F. Ederer, Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff-ap-pellee.

¶4Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

¶6PER CURIAM:

¶7Defendants were convicted for knowingly and intentionally conspiring to import marijuana from Mexico into the United States. 21 U.S.C.A. § 963. On appeal, they challenge the legality of a search which produced the incriminating marijuana. Defendants, 'however, lack standing to object to the evidence as the product of an illegal search.

¶8[T]here is no standing to contest a search and seizure where, as here, the defendants: (a) were not on the premises at the time of the contested search and seizure; (b) alleged no proprietary or possessory interest in the premises; and (c) were not charged with an offense that includes, as an essential element of the offense charged, possession of the seized evidence at the time of the contested search and seizure.

¶9Brown v. United States, 411 U.S. 223, 229, 93 S.Ct. 1565, 1569, 36 L.Ed.2d 208 (1973).

¶10The search in this case was of a van which the defendants neither owned nor possessed at the time of the search. *139They likewise neither owned nor possessed the 322 pounds of marijuana discovered therein.

¶11Affirmed.

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