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At page 1331 intrastate possession, distribution and sale of drugs such as heroin directly and injuriously effected the introduction of them into other States to the injury of the public health and welfare there.17 citing cases1 citing court put it this way
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  • United States v. Lesester D. McDougherty AKA Lester Johnson, 920 F.2d 569 (9th Cir. 1990).published
    United States v. Montes-Zarate, 552 F.2d 1330, 1331 (9th Cir.1977) (en banc), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 947 , 98 S.Ct. 1532 , 55 L.Ed.2d 545 (1978).
  • United States v. Reginald James Causey, 835 F.2d 1527 (5th Cir. 1988).published
    United States v. Montes-Zarate, 552 F.2d 1330, 1331 (9th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 947 , 98 S.Ct. 1532 , 55 L.Ed.2d 545 (1978); see also United States v. Greer, 566 F.2d 472, 473 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 1009 , 98 S.Ct. 1…
  • United States v. All Beneficial Interest in that Certain Installment Note Dated January 12, 1987 in Principal Ammount of $92,500, 978 F.2d 1266 (9th Cir. 1987).unpublished
    See United States v. Visman, 919 F.2d 1390, 1392-93 (9th Cir.1990), cert. denied, 112 S.Ct. 442 (1991); United States v. Montes-Zarate, 552 F.2d 1330, 1331 (9th Cir.1977); United States v. Rodriguez-Camacho, 468 F.2d 1220, 1221 (9th Cir.19…
  • United States v. Glenn W. Hall, 724 F.2d 1055 (2d Cir. 1983).published 2 cites
    United States v. Montes-Zarate, 552 F.2d 1330, 1331 (9 Cir.1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 947 , 98 S.Ct. 1532 , 55 L.Ed.2d 545 (1978); United States v. Barrett, 703 F.2d 1076, 1086-87 (9 Cir.1983). 19 The second sub-issue is a shade more de…
  • United States v. Manuel Martinez-Gallegos, 807 F.2d 868 (9th Cir. 1987).published
    See United States v. Montes-Zarate, 552 F.2d 1330, 1331 (9th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 947 , 98 S.Ct. 1532 , 55 L.Ed.2d 545 (1978).
  • United States v. Walker, 910 F. Supp. 837 (N.D.N.Y. 1995).published 2 cites
    (intrastate possession, distribution and sale of drugs such as heroin directly and injuriously effected the introduction of them into other States to the injury of the public health and welfare there.)
  • United States v. Bramble, 894 F. Supp. 1384 (D. Haw. 1995).published
    See e.g., United States v. Montes-Zarate, 552 F.2d 1330, 1331 (9th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 947 , 98 S.Ct. 1532 , 55 L.Ed.2d 545 (1978) (“Congress has already determined, and the courts have accepted as rational, that drug traffic…
At page 1330 “no proof of an interstate nexus is required in order to establish jurisdiction of the subject matter”0 citing cases2 citing courts quote it
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    UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,
    v.
    Roberto MONTES-ZARATE, Appellant
    76-3354.
    Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
    Apr 29, 1977.
    Published opinion
    552 F.2d 1330
    1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 13618
    Ross Anderson, argued, Jones, Hunter & Lerch, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellant., Michael D. Hawkins, U. S. Atty., W. Ronald Jennings, Asst. U. S. Atty., argued, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.
    Hupstedler, Goodwin, Anderson.
    Cited by 26 opinions  |  Published
    PER CURIAM:

    The appellant was convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The marijuana was found in the trunk of the automobile that he was driving. On appeal he contends: (1) his incriminating statements should have been suppressed pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966); (2) the government subjected him to unnecessary and unreasonable delay in bringing him before a judicial officer; and (3) the district court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter of Count IV of the indictment.

    Appellant and the officers testified about the warnings given and how he understood them. The testimony was in conflict. On the motion to suppress his statement, the government’s evidence included a written statement of the rights of an accused, printed in the Spanish language, and signed by the appellant. The officers also described the way they advised the appellant of his rights. The judge had the right to believe the government’s evidence. When all the evidence is considered together, we cannot say the trier’s finding of adequate warning was “clearly erroneous.”

    On the point of the alleged violation of Fed.R.Crim.P. 5(a), the government would have to explain the four-day delay in taking the appellant before a magistrate had there been any prejudice to his defense. But the only incriminating statement made by the appellant was given within an hour after his arrest. The period from Friday night, June 25, to Tuesday morning, June 29, 1976, while the appellant was in custody thus had no prejudicial effect upon the defendant and did not offend Mallory v. United States, 354 U.S. 449, 77 S.Ct. 1356, 1 L.Ed.2d 1479 (1957), and McNabb v. United States, 318 U.S. 332, 63 S.Ct. 608, 87 L.Ed. 819 (1943).

    Appellant claims that the district court did not have jurisdiction over the fourth count of the indictment because no interstate nexus was established. It is unclear whether the appellant is challenging the constitutionality of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), or whether the appellant is contending that proof of an interstate nexus is required in order to establish jurisdiction of the subject matter. In either event, the contention fails. We agree with the other circuits that have considered'the problem that the statute is constitutional and that no proof of interstate nexus is required in order to establish jurisdiction. We adopt the reasoning of the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Atkinson, 513 F.2d 38, 39-40 (1975):

    “Initially the defendant suggests the unconstitutionality of the Act in its application here. The point is that no Federal authority existed for the punishment of a wholly intrastate possession and distribution. The position is not tenable. Congressional findings on which the legislation rested disclosed that intrastate possession, distribution and sale of drugs such as heroin directly and injuriously effected the introduction of them into other States to the injury of the public health and welfare there. 21 U.S.C. §§ 801, 812. Thus the statutory definition and proscription of transactions of ‘controlled substances’, 21 U.S.C. § 812(b), entirely within a State is altogether constitutional. United States v. Lopez, 459 F.2d 949 (5th Cir. 1972). Cf. White v. United States, 399 F.2d 813 (8th Cir. 1968).”

    [*1332] Accord: United States v. Esposito, 492 F.2d 6 (7th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 1135, 94 S.Ct. 879, 38 L.Ed.2d 760 (1974); United States v. Scales, 464 F.2d 371 (6th Cir. 1972).

    Affirmed.