United States DC Circuit

Conditional guilty plea to possessing with intent to distribute more than 100 grams of PCP is affirmed over claim that district court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence of the PCP in his vehicle as the search was not conducted incident to a lawful arrest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2007
• Decided 02/20/2007
• Published 02/20/2007

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and HENDERSON and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ketanji B. Jackson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for the appellant.  A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, was on brief for the appellant.  Neil H. Jaffee and Tony Axam, Jr., Assistant Federal Public Defenders, entered appearances.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ann K.H. Simon, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for the appellee.  Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III and William B. Wiegand, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief for the appellee.