United States v. Michael D. Menard

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

After Michael D. Menard pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and to using or carrying a firearm in relation to a drug offense, the district court1 sentenced him to two consecutive sixty-month prison terms. Menard appeals, contesting only the court’s earlier denial of his motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop. United States v. Menard, 898 F.Supp. 1317 (N.D.Iowa 1995). He argues that police searched him for weapons solely because they found a concealed weapon on the vehicle’s other passenger, a search that is invalid…