U.S. v. RUCKES

No. 08-30088.

586 F.3d 713 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Adrick Elijah RUCKES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Sullivan and Helen J. Brunner, United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Miriam Schwartz, Office of the Federal Public Defenders for the Western District of Washington, Tacoma, WA, for the defendant-appellant.

Before: RICHARD C. TALLMAN and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and THOMAS M. REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:

Adrick Ruckes ("Ruckes") was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing cocaine base with the intent to distribute following a search of his automobile. He moved to suppress the evidence discovered during that search: a 9mm handgun and over six grams of crack cocaine. After an evidentiary hearing, Judge Franklin D. Burgess of the Western District of Washington denied his motion...

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