United States v. Ennis Flowers

Defendant, Ennis Flowers, appeals from a conditional guilty plea to a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The plea followed the denial of a motion to suppress the cocaine that was seized from Flowers in an airport search. Flowers contends on appeal, as he did in his motion to suppress, that his fourth amendment rights were violated. Upon a review of the record made at the suppression hearing, we agree with the trial judge that no fourth amendment violation occurred.

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On May 11, 1988, Flowers arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on a flight…