United States v. Rio Hatton Jones

McKAY, Chief Judge.

Defendant was arrested in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after local police found crack cocaine in the vehicle in which he was a passenger. In the district court, Defendant sought to suppress the crack cocaine as the product of an unconstitutional seizure. When the trial court denied the motion, Defendant entered a conditional plea of guilty to one count of possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1988). The conditional nature of the plea preserved Defendant’s right to appeal the suppression issue.

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In reviewing the denial of a…