United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district court improperly denied a motion to suppress evidence seized from his motor vehicle; 2) the district judge should have disqualified himself from the case; 3) the government breached its plea agreement by instituting civil forfeiture proceedings against his vehicle; and 4) he was entitled to a reduction in his sentence as a mere "minor participant" in a larger drug scheme.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2006
• Published 11/16/2006

Judges

• HARTZ, Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, BEAM, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• D. Bruce Oliver, D. Bruce Oliver, L.L.C., Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellant., Karin M. Fojtik, Assistant United States Attorney (Stephen J. Sorenson, United States Attorney, with her on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.