United States v. Mario Richardson ( 1999 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-4851
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
MARIO L. RICHARDSON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Richmond. Robert E. Payne, District Judge.
(CR-98-146)
Submitted: May 11, 1999 Decided: May 27, 1999
Before MURNAGHAN, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Edwin F. Brooks, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Helen F.
Fahey, United States Attorney, Shannon L. Taylor, Special Assistant
United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Mario Richardson appeals his conviction and sentence following
his guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to dis-
tribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(1994) and one count of carrying a firearm during and in relation
to a drug trafficking offense in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(c)
(West 1994 & Supp. 1999). Richardson preserved his right to appeal
the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence ob-
tained when police stopped him at a roadblock checkpoint. We con-
clude that the district court properly found the search and seizure
did not violate the Fourth Amendment and the court correctly
concluded that the evidence was admissible. See Terry v. Ohio, 392
U.S. 1 10, 23 (1968). We therefore affirm the court’s denial of
Richardson’s suppression motion based upon the court’s reasoning as
stated at the suppression hearing.
According, we affirm Richardson’s conviction and sentence. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument could not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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