United States v. Stephen R. Gibson, A/K/A Keith Miller

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.

RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:

As Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2) allows, Stephen R. Gibson entered a conditional guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(B)(iii)).. In this appeal from the judgment of conviction, he exercises his reserved, right to review of the district court’s denial of his suppression motion.

The facts tell a familiar story. On August 11, 1992, Gibson left New York City for Columbia, South Carolina, on board a Florida-bound Amtrak train. ' In Washington, D.C., Investigator Thomas…