United States of America v. Ignacio Pineda-Bermudez

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-4253
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
IGNACIO PINEDA-BERMUDEZ,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis-
trict of North Carolina, at Durham. William L. Osteen, District
Judge. (CR-00-360)
Submitted: December 12, 2001 Decided: December 20, 2001
Before LUTTIG, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
David B. Freedman, WHITE & CRUMPLER, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
for Appellant. Benjamin H. White, Jr., United States Attorney,
Steven H. Levin, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro,
North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Ignacio Pineda-Bermudez appeals his conviction and sentence
following his unconditional guilty plea to possession with intent
to distribute cocaine hydrochloride, in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§
841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B) (West 1999). Because Pineda-Bermudez waived
his right to challenge pre-trial suppression issues when he failed
to enter a conditional plea pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(a)(2),
we affirm. See Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(a)(2); United States v. Willis,
992 F.2d 489, 490 (4th Cir. 1993). We dispense with oral argument
because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in
the materials before the court and argument would not aid the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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