Legal Opinion
United States v. Patrick Coggins
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 1, 1993No. 92-7228PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge
On April 24,1992, Patrick Coggins was sentenced to 121 months imprisonment for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute and for attempted possession of a controlled substance on board an aircraft. Coggins was arrested at the St. Croix airport after fleeing from a DEA agent who had briefly detained Coggins and his four travelling companions for questioning. The trial court denied Coggins' motion to suppress evidence of the crack cocaine that he abandoned while in flight from the DEA agent, and a jury found him guilty of both charges. Coggins…
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