Legal Opinion
United States of America v. Brian E. Spotts
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 3, 2002No. 00-3741PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Nebraska police stopped Brian Spotts’s truck as he drove by a residence that DEA agents were searching for a methamphetamine lab. The police had seen the truck at the same residence the night before, one of a series of suspicious visitors, and they had reports that Spotts dealt methamphetamine. A bag of methamphetamine and a pistol were plainly visible inside the stopped truck. The officers’ discovery of these items prompted Spotts to make incriminating statements. Spotts pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §…
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