United States v. Theodore Thomas Curtis, United States of America v. Dale Peter Cordova, United States of America v. Kevin Andrew Curtis, United States of America v. John Phillip Dulin

562 F.2d 1153 UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Theodore Thomas CURTIS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dale Peter CORDOVA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Kevin Andrew CURTIS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John Phillip DULIN, Appellant. Nos. 77-2070, 77-2071, 77-2235 and 77-2107. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 12, 1977. Robert J. Hooker, Kent D. Morgan, Tucson, Ariz., for appellants. Dale A. Danneman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of arizona. Before ELY and CARTER, Circuit Judges, and ENRIGHT, District Judge. * ELY, Circuit Judge: 1 The four appellants were charged and convicted of having possessed a quantity of marijuana with the intent to distribute the same, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a)(1). Other charges in the original indictment, conspiracy to import marijuana and unlawful importation of marijuana, had been dismissed, pursuant to stipulation, prior to the nonjury trial. The appellants present four principal contentions: 2 (1) That the installation of a so-called transponder…