Legal Opinion

United States v. Zubia-Melendez

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided August 24, 2001No. 00-3138PublishedCited by 61 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendantr-Appellant Lorenzo Zubia-Melendez appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized from his vehicle following a traffic stop and subsequent search of his vehicle. After the district court denied the motion, Appellant entered a conditional guilty plea on one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Appellant argues on appeal that the traffic stop preceding the search was not supported by probable cause, that the questions asked by the officer were not…

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