United States v. Jackson

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Arrested after being found in a Greyhound bus station with cocaine strapped to his waist, Joseph Jackson was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. After his motion to suppress was denied, he entered a conditional guilty plea. He now appeals the denial of the motion to suppress. Concluding that Jackson’s Fourth Amendment rights were not violated, we affirm.

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In the morning hours of May 23, 2003, a bus traveling from Dallas, Texas, pulled into the Greyhound bus station in Shreveport, Louisiana, for a stop scheduled to last approximately…