United States v. Carmona

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Joseph M. McLaughlin, Judge, following a jury trial. Appellant Escobar was convicted of conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and of a substantive count of possession with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On appeal, Escobar claims that his conviction should be reversed principally because the district court erred (1) in denying Escobar’s motion to suppress certain evidence seized from a…