State v. Cooper

Defendant Alexander Cooper appeals from a conditional guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to deliver marijuana in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1404. On appeal, defendant challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence of an Express Mail package that contained marijuana and served as the basis for the charge against him. We affirm.

On November 25, 1991, United States Postal Inspector Robert Sticht of Tucson, Arizona became suspicious of an Express Mail package addressed to a post office box in Manchester, Vermont. He contacted United States Postal Inspector Terrence Loftus…