Legal Opinion

United States v. Edwards

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided December 29, 2011No. 10-4256PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge MOTZ joined. Judge DIAZ wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Edwards was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. After the district court accepted Edwards’ conditional guilty plea, the court sentenced him to a term of 120 months’ imprisonment.

On appeal, Edwards contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized in the course of a police search of…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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  5. United States v. PlaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by42 opinions

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