United States v. Roy David Thompson, Aka, Larry Gene Madden, United States of America v. Michael George Reeve and Albert David Law, Jr., United States of America v. Derek Trevenning Harris

558 F.2d 522 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roy David THOMPSON, aka, Larry Gene Madden, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael George REEVE and Albert David Law, Jr., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Derek Trevenning HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 76-1821, 76-2041 and 76-2605. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 27, 1977. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied Aug. 25, 1977. Oscar B. Goodman, Goodman & Snyder, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant in No. 76-1821. Barry T. Simons, Laguna Beach, Cal., for appellant in No. 76-2605. Roger S. Hanson, Santa Ana, Cal., Carol Kuntz, Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant in No. 76-2041. Richard A. Wright, Asst. U. S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before CHAMBERS and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and PECKHAM, * District Judge. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants contest their jury conviction under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1) & 846 for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Reeve, Harris, and Law argue that the search of their vans…