United States v. Durham

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.

This motion to suppress presents yet another version of the classic regret, “If I’d only known....” 1 In this case, if he had only known the charges were serious, the defendant would not have surrendered and confessed and would have instead eluded U.S. authorities by fleeing to Peru. Need less to say, there is no law that requires this Court to give constitutional protection to the defendant’s contingency plans for an escape to South America. Therefore, for the reasons set forth below, the Court will deny the defendant’s motion to suppress.

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