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• Title: United States V. Taylor
• Author : Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
• Release Date : January 24, 2001
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 60 KB

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Joseph B. Taylor was indicted on charges of (1) possessing a firearm as a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2), (2) unlawful possession with intent to distribute a quantity of powder cocaine, (3) unlawful possession with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine base, (4) unlawful possession with intent to distribute a quantity of marijuana, and (5) conspiring to distribute cocaine base, all in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841. Taylor's motion to suppress the evidence found during a search of his apartment prior to his arrest was denied and the case proceeded to trial. He was convicted by a jury on all of the charges and sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 120 months, 420 months, 420 months, 360 months and 420 months, respectively.*fn1 He timely appealed, claiming in the brief filed by his counsel that the district court had erred in denying the motion to suppress because the search of his apartment--including a protective sweep made prior to any arrest--violated his rights under the Fourth Amendment; that the evidence was insufficient to support his conspiracy conviction; and that the trial court had erred in enhancing his sentence for his role in the offense and for possessing a weapon during a drug trafficking offense. Taylor also filed a pro se brief challenging the validity of the search. We conclude that neither the protective sweep of Taylor's apartment nor any other aspect of the search violated the Fourth Amendment and that there is no merit to any of Taylor's claims of error. We therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.

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