United States v. Luis Hernando Ramirez

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Luis Hernando Ramirez (“Ramirez”) appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, following a jury trial before Carol Bagley Amon, Judge, convicting him of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A) (1994). Ramirez was sentenced principally to 188 months’ imprisonment, to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release. On appeal, he contends principally that the district court should have suppressed certain of his postar-rest statements on…