Legal Opinion
United States v. David Wayne Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1992No. 91-5084PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
David W. Williams, indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of possession of less than 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), moved to suppress evidence seized in a warrant-authorized search of his motel room. The district court found that the affidavit submitted to the magistrate failed to establish probable cause and granted the motion to suppress. The United States filed a timely notice of appeal. For the reasons stated below, we reverse.
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On May 3, 1989, a Fairfax County police officer stopped a car driven by Williams because the…
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