United States v. Allen

633 F.2d 1282 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur A. ALLEN, Peter A. Diffenderfer, Kevin T. Kerr, William P. Kolander, Derek S. Sherman, Spencer C. Sherman, and Gary L. Theriaque, Defendants- Appellants. Nos. 79-1059, 79-1060 and 79-1063 to 79-1067. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 10, 1979. Decided Nov. 5, 1980. Rehearing Denied Dec. 31, 1980. Martin Weinberg, Boston, Mass., Marcus S. Topel, San Francisco, Cal., argued for defendants-appellants; Oteri & Weinberg, Boston, Mass., Robert F. Collins, Troy & Collins, Dorchester, Mass., on brief. David Smith, Crim. Div., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before KENNEDY, TANG and ALARCON, Circuit Judges. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge. 1 After customs interdiction of an amphibious operation to import over eight tons of marijuana, the participants were convicted of federal offenses. These appeals followed. Appellants allege the prosecution used evidence resulting from unlawful surveillance and illegal seizures and arrests, that the evidence was insufficient, and that the sentences were…