U.S. v. EDWARDS

No. 10-4256.

666 F.3d 877 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: December 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Meghan Suzanne Skelton , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein , United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: James Wyda , Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Debra L. Dwyer , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge MOTZ joined. Judge DIAZ wrote a dissenting opinion.


OPINION

BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Edwards was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. After the district court accepted Edwards' conditional guilty plea, the court sentenced him to a term of 120 months' imprisonment.

On appeal, Edwards contends that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized in the course of a police search...

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