Filed: May 30, 2008
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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit May 30, 2008 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 07-4186 v. (D.C. No. 2:06-CR-00617-PGC-1) (D. Utah) GERALDO ANTONIO PLANELLS- GUERRA, Defendant - Appellant. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before KELLY, EBEL, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges. ** Defendant-Appellant Geraldo Planells-Guerra appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress evidence police officers s
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit May 30, 2008 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court TENTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 07-4186 v. (D.C. No. 2:06-CR-00617-PGC-1) (D. Utah) GERALDO ANTONIO PLANELLS- GUERRA, Defendant - Appellant. ORDER AND JUDGMENT * Before KELLY, EBEL, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges. ** Defendant-Appellant Geraldo Planells-Guerra appeals from the denial of his motion to suppress evidence police officers se..
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FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
May 30, 2008
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
TENTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
No. 07-4186
v. (D.C. No. 2:06-CR-00617-PGC-1)
(D. Utah)
GERALDO ANTONIO PLANELLS-
GUERRA,
Defendant - Appellant.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before KELLY, EBEL, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges. **
Defendant-Appellant Geraldo Planells-Guerra appeals from the denial of
his motion to suppress evidence police officers seized from his car. Following
the denial of his motion to suppress, Mr. Planells-Guerra entered a conditional
guilty plea. The district court sentenced him to 108 months’ imprisonment
followed by 60 months’ supervised release. In denying Mr. Planells-Guerra’s
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited,
however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th
Cir. R. 32.1.
**
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of
this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1 (G). The cause therefore
is ordered submitted without oral argument.
motion to suppress, the district court concluded (1) the police officers did not
violate Utah law when they arrested him without a warrant for the misdemeanor
of driving on a suspended license; (2) even if the arrest violated Utah law, the
federal exclusionary rule does not apply to state law violations; and (3) even if
the exclusionary rule did apply, the good-faith exception would bar application of
the exclusionary rule in this case. United States v. Planells-Guerra,
509 F. Supp.
2d 1000, 1001–02 (D. Utah 2007). On appeal, Mr. Planells-Guerra argues that the
district court erred in its three alternative holdings. In his reply brief, he
concedes that the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Virginia v. Moore,
128 S. Ct.
1598 (2008), decided after his brief-in-chief and the government’s response brief
were filed, forecloses his argument that an arrest supported by probable cause
nevertheless violates the Fourth Amendment if it violates some aspect of state
law. Aplt. Reply Br. at 2–3. We appreciate the candor and agree that the premise
of this appeal is no longer viable.
AFFIRMED.
Entered for the Court
Paul J. Kelly, Jr.
Circuit Judge
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