Legal Opinion
United States v. Alex Elmore
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1979No. 78-5304PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
Convicted after a jury trial of unlawfully possessing a controlled substance, heroin hydrochloride, with intent to distribute in. violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), Alex Elmore now argues on appeal that the trial court committed reversible error in denying his motion to suppress. For reasons discussed below, we conclude that the drugs seized from Elmore were not the fruits of an unlawful stop and therefore the District Court properly denied Elmore’s suppression motion.
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