U.S. v. PATTEN

No. 98-8052.

183 F.3d 1190 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Russell William PATTEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Kubichek, Assistant United States Attorney (David D. Freudenthal, United States Attorney with him on the brief), Casper, Wyoming, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffrey L. Russell (Victor D. Vertner with him on the brief), San Jose, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before PORFILIO, McWILLIAMS, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

Federal prosecutors charged Defendant Russell William Patten in a one-count information with possession of thirty-nine pounds of ephedrine, a chemical used to produce methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(d)(2). Defendant filed a motion to suppress the ephedrine, which a Wyoming state trooper found in Defendant's suitcase following a routine traffic stop. According to Defendant, the officer: (1) unlawfully detained Defendant...

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