Legal Opinion

United States of America v. Pablo Caballero-Chavez, - United States of America v. Jose Luis Meza-Lopez

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 13, 2001No. 00-3013, 00-3173PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Pablo Caballero-Chavez and Jose Luis Meza-Lopez entered conditional guilty pleas to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine found in a duffel bag hidden in an Omaha hotel room rented for their occupancy by a drug courier. Caballero-Chavez and Meza-Lopez appeal the district court’s 1 denial of their motions to suppress the cocaine. Concluding that they abandoned their interests in the hotel room and its contents, we affirm.

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The following facts are taken from the magistrate judge’s thorough Report and Recommendation…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. United States v. James Andrew Colbert and Michael Beryl ReeseCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. United States v. Victor Manuel GomezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by12 opinions

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