United States v. Penny Hall

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Penny Hall entered a conditional guilty plea, Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2), to possession with intent to distribute less than fifty kilograms of marijuana. 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On appeal, Defendant challenges the district court’s denial of her motion to suppress the marijuana discovered in her luggage. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

I

On January 21, 1991, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Agent Kevin Small received an informant’s tip that Defendant would be on Amtrak Train Number Four when it arrived in Albuquerque, and that she “might be…