U.S. v. CHHIEN

No. 00-2230.

266 F.3d 1 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Roth CHHIEN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth L. Prevett, Federal Defender Officer, for appellant.

William E. Morse, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Paul M. Gagnon, United States Attorney, and Jean B. Weld, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted defendant-appellant Roth Chhien of possessing five grams or more of crack cocaine, intending to distribute it. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B)(iii). The district court sentenced him as a career offender. Chhien now appeals, assigning error both to the district court's denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence and to its sentencing determination. We affirm.

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