United States v. Frank McCaster

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

After a jury trial, Frank McCaster was convicted of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (crack) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B). He appeals the district court’s2 denial of his motion to suppress evidence and to suppress statements. We affirm.

*932I. BACKGROUND

Frank McCaster lived in a duplex at 3326 Penn Avenue North in Minneapolis. Pursuant to a valid warrant authorizing a search of his apartment, “including garages, outbuildings and curtilage,”3 police officers searched McCaster’s apartment. They found a small quantity of crack cocaine in…