United States v. Flowers

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal involving the denial of a suppression motion. After defendant/appellant Willie Earl Flowers’ suppression motion was denied, Flowers entered a conditional plea of guilty to a charge of possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction. A sentencing issue is raised as to whether the district court correctly concluded that he was in the category of armed career criminals, subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen years.

I

BACKGROUND

The information that led to Flowers’ arrest came from a person questioned by Officers White and Bella of the…