United States v. Ike McCloud Jr.

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

On June 20, 1996, defendant-appellant Ike McCloud, Jr. was convicted by a jury of two counts of distribution of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He appeals directly to this court from that conviction and petitions us for a new trial because, he claims, the district court should have granted his motion to exclude evidence seized from his home and used by .the government to convict him. Mr. McCloud contends that the evidence should be excluded because, although the police entered his house pursuant to a valid search warrant, they did not comply with 18 U.S.C.…