United States v. Cleo Patterson

PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Cleo Patterson appeals his conviction and sentence on drug trafficking charges arising from the discov ery of 67 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle. After denial of his motion to suppress, Mr. Patterson was tried before a jury and convicted of possession with intent to distribute approximately sixty-seven pounds of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (count II) and traveling in interstate commerce with intent to further a drug trafficking enterprise in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952(a)(3) and 2 (count III). The jury…