Legal Opinion
United States v. Chhien
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 24, 2001No. 00-2230PublishedCited by 197 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted defendant-appellant Roth Chhien of possessing five grams or more of crack cocaine, intending to distribute it. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(l)(B)(iii). The district court sentenced him as a career offender. Chhien now appeals, assigning error both to the district court’s denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence and to its sentencing determination. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
During the afternoon of August 21,1998, the appellant — a twenty-nine year old native of Cambodia — drove north on Interstate Route 93 in Salem, New Hampshire. He was…
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