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U.S. v. STRAHAN

No. 92-5173.

984 F.2d 155 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elson STRAHAN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1993.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Fowlkes (argued), and Linda Harris (briefed), Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Memphis, TN, for plaintiff-appellee.

April R. Ferguson, Asst. Federal Public Defender (argued, briefed), Memphis, TN, for defendant-appellant.

Before BOGGS and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges, and WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a guilty plea on charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and using and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. Appellant contends that the district court improperly denied his motion to suppress the cocaine and the firearm. For the reasons stated, we affirm on the cocaine count, but reverse the denial of the motion to suppress the weapon.

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