United States v. Gary O. Fladten

Gary Fladten was charged with attempting to manufacture methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and § 841(b)(1)(A). He pled guilty, but reserved his right to appeal on the ground that the district court 1 erroneously failed to suppress evidence gained from a war-rantless search of an automobile. Fladten also appeals his sentence relating to the district court’s two-level enhancement for the possession of a weapon. We affirm the district court’s ruling on both issues.

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On November 12, 1996, responding to neighborhood complaints, agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Kansas…