United States v. Manuel Glenn Abascal, United States of America v. Paul Gordon Frakes

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564 F.2d 821·1 Fed. R. Serv. 694·1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 5789

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 2, 197775-1093 and 75-2052California6,365 words

Opinion

Goodwin, J.

Paul Gordon Frakes and Manuel Glenn Abascal were convicted of multiple counts of violating 21 U.S.C. § 841 and related statutes which denounce possession and distribution of certain drugs, as well as conspiracy to engage in illegal drug transactions. Their combined appeals present a number of issues common to both appellants, and others that relate to each one individually.

An enterprise distributing large quantities of LSD, involving as many as fifteen suspects, was discovered when an undercover agent of the San Diego County district attorney’s office, posing as a purchaser, developed a contact with Clarence “Pee Wee” Batchelder, a suspected dealer in various illicit drugs. Batchelder’s activities indicated that his supplier was Vladimir Petroff. The agents obtained wiretap orders and monitored the telephones of both Batchelder and Petroff. The monitored conversations led the agents to believe that Frakes was a partner of Petroff, and that Abascal was active in the distribution network in Northern California.

In due course, Batchelder was arrested in the act of selling LSD, and Petroff was arrested at his house in San Diego. Frakes was arrested a short time after the arrest of…

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Parties

UNITED STATES of America
Plaintiff
Manuel Glenn ABASCAL
Defendant

Judges

Trask
Goodwin
Wallace

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