United States v. Williams, No. 13-3034 (D.C. Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction for four counts related to his role in a conspiracy to distribute narcotics. The court concluded that the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence of drugs arising out of the October 21 car stop where an officer's belief that a seatbelt was unbuckled was reasonable, whether or not it was erroneous, and the officer had probable cause to conduct the stop; the district court did not err in refusing to suppress the drug evidence that the police recovered during the February 1 search of defendant's blue sedan outside the police station where the district court did not commit plain error by failing to rule that the manipulation of the key fob constituted an unlawful search, and where the search was permitted under the automobile exception; defendant did not suffer prejudice from the prosecutor's improper statements and there was no plain error; and the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to grant a downward variance based on 18 U.S.C. 3553(a)(6). Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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