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No. 10-4933
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence.
Terry L. Wooten, District Judge.
(4:09-cr-00340-TLW-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Anthony Gene Trappier appeals his convictions and 322month sentence after he entered a conditional guilty plea to one
count each of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or
more of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of
21
U.S.C.
furtherance
U.S.C.A.
of
846
a
(2006),
drug
and
possession
trafficking
924(c)(1)(A)
(West
crime,
2000
&
of
in
Supp.
firearm
violation
2011).
of
in
18
Trappier
We deny Trappiers
denied
district
Trappiers
courts
suppression
denial
of
motion.
Trappiers
In
motion,
reviewing
we
review
the
the
589
(4th
Cir.),
cert.
130
S.
Ct.
3374
(2010).
The
Fourth
Amendment
guarantees
the
right
of
the
U.S.
Const.
amend.
IV.
This
guarantee
Carney,
471
specifically
however.
U.S.
386,
established
California
v.
390
and
(1985).
There
well-delineated
Acevedo,
500
U.S.
California
are
few
exceptions[,]
565,
580
(1991)
he
has
probable
cause
to
believe
that
the
person
has
See
Assuming a
See
United
States
v.
Robinson,
414
U.S.
218,
235
means
cause
facts
and
to
justify
circumstances
an
arrest
within
[without
the
officers
that
the
suspect
has
committed,
is
committing,
or
is
31, 37 (1979).
Maryland v.
substance
of
all
the
definitions
of
probable
v.
Johnson,
599
F.3d
339,
343
(4th
Cir.)
United
(internal
his
suppression
motion
because:
(1)
police
lacked
have
hearing
reviewed
and
the
conclude
transcript
that
the
of
Trappiers
totality
of
the
suppression
facts
and
basis
for
their
belief
4
that
Trappier
was
in
possession
of
illegal
narcotics;
accordingly,
Trappiers
Similarly,
we
conclude
that
given
the
agents
had
probable
cause
to
effect
the
traffic
stop
that
16,
2008.
Accordingly,
we
discern
no
error
in
the
informed
of
the
statutory
mandatory
minimum
and
maximum
Although Rule
of
the
applicable
Guidelines
sentencing
ranges[.]
United States v. Hairston, 522 F.3d 336, 340 (4th Cir. 2008).
The
charge to
district
which
he
court
was
informed
pleading
Trappier
guilty
that
required
the
drug
statutory
that
the
sentence
on
the
5
weapons
charge
had
to
run
consecutively
to
any
Trappier
indicated
district
court
sentence
that
on
the
drug
charge.
understood.
Accordingly,
the
Rule
nothing
more
was
We
complied
he
imposed
with
11
and
required.
dispense
with
oral
argument
because
the
facts
and
legal
AFFIRMED