United States v. Adams, No. 18-1465 (1st Cir. 2020)
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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction and sentence for drug-trafficking and firearms offenses, holding that the district court did not err in refusing to suppress the evidence obtained from a number of warrant-backed searches.
After he was charged, Defendant filed several motions to suppress stemming from the seizures and searches of cellphones, a hotel room, a storage locker, and a Connecticut apartment. The district court denied all of the motions. Defendant subsequently entered a conditional plea to two charges. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) Defendant was foreclosed from raising on appeal his claims regarding the traffic stop; (2) search warrants used to gather evidence against Defendant were supported by probable cause and otherwise valid; (3) Defendant was foreclosed from raising on appeal new arguments regarding the district court's denial of his motion to reconsider various suppression rulings; and (4) the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining that Defendant failed to establish a fair and just reason for withdrawing his conditional guilty plea.
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