United States v. Scott P. Butler

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Scott Butler was convicted of three narcotics violations (involving cocaine, marijuana, and LSD) and three firearms violations. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 844 (narcotics); 18 U.S.C.App. § 1202(a)(1) (firearms). On appeal, he presses several arguments. First, he claims that all of his convictions must be overturned because they rest on evidence that should have been suppressed because of violations of his Fourth Amendment rights. Second, he argues that he was impermissibly prejudiced by joinder of a narcotics conspiracy count (on which he was ultimately…