United States v. Jesse Lewis Vernon Scott

Scott appeals from his conviction for unlawfully selling narcotic drugs in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705 (a). Error is claimed in the district court’s denial of Scott’s motion to suppress narcotic pills that were seized on the date of his arrest.

In April and in May 1970, Narcotics Agent Richardson purchased numorphan pills from Eugene S. Jackman, a barber in Portland. Jackman told Richardson that his source was in the southern part of the United States. Richardson negotiated with Jackman in his barber shop for a third purchase of pills on June 19, 1970. Jackman told him to return later that day because his source from Dallas was in town and had 1000 pills available. Richardson obtained an arrest warrant for Jackman and a warrant to search the barber shop for pills. He returned to the shop accompanied by other federal agents and local police. The officers saw a 1970 Ford with Texas license plates parked in front of the shop. Richardson met Jackman and a man, later identified as Scott, in the shop and was told to wait a few moments. Officers who maintained surveillance over the Ford saw Jackman and Scott enter the Ford and lean toward the center of the vehicle. Both men returned…