United States v. Latorre, No. 17-8066 (10th Cir. 2018)
Annotate this CaseDefendant Bruce Latorre appealed his marijuana trafficking convictions. Latorre flew a private aircraft from California to New York and was flying back to California when police detained him in Wyoming. Several state and federal law enforcement agencies cooperated to investigate and then stop Latorre’s aircraft at an airport in Wyoming, where they received Latorre’s consent to search his aircraft and found $519,935 in cash. A grand jury indicted Latorre on two counts: (1) interstate travel in aid of racketeering; and (2) conspiracy to distribute marijuana. Latorre moved to suppress the evidence from the search of his aircraft, and the district court denied the motion. Latorre then entered a conditional guilty plea, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. He then appealed that denial to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Finding no reversible error, the Tenth Circuit affirmed.
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