United States v. Mashek

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

After the district court 2 denied Vincent Mashek’s motion to suppress evidence, a jury convicted him of attempt to manufacture methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A). Mashek was sentenced to a total of 168 months’ imprisonment, and he now appeals, contesting his conviction and sentence. We affirm.

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In 2006, law enforcement officers received information from several sources that Mashek was manufacturing methamphetamine in Albion, Iowa,…