United States Tenth Circuit
US v. Garcia, 05-4031
A conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute is affirmed over a challenge to the denial of a motion to suppress based on a claim that police lacked reasonable suspicion or probable cause to frisk defendant for weapons - and thereby discover the methamphetamine - during their entry into an apartment he was visiting.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/25/2006
- Published 08/28/2006
Judges
- EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, HOLLOWAY, and EBEL, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- G. Fred Metos, McCaughey & Metos, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant., Diana Hagen, Assistant United States Attorney (Paul M. Warner, United States Attorney, with her on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.