United States v. Keith Buchannon

DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

Appellant, Keith Buchannon, convicted of possession of eleven ounces of cocaine (street value $11,000 to $22,000) with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1),1 contends that the drugs found on his person and in a bag referred to as his child’s diaper bag were unlawfully seized and inadmissible as evidence. We affirm.

The circumstances of the case are somewhat unusual. Enforcement officers were conducting surveillance of the residence of one Darnell Parker in St. Louis while colleagues were obtaining a search warrant for the premises. There…