United States v. Esquivel

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Following the district court’s 1 denial of their motions to suppress evidence, Jaime Esquivel (Jaime) and Ricardo Esquivel, Jr. (Ricardo) pled guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), reserving their right to appeal the suppression ruling. From the denial of their motions to suppress, Jaime and Ricardo appeal. Their appeals are consolidated. We affirm.

I

On January 20, 2006, Nebraska State Trooper Jeff Roby stopped a vehicle driven by Jaime because the vehicle had no license plates and the trooper could not observe a temporary…