UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 96-40911
(Summary Calendar)
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ANTHONY ROSSANO MINOTTI,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Southern District of Texas
(L-96-CR-23-1)
December 5, 1997
Before WIENER, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Anthony Rossano Minotti appeals the district court’s denial of
his motion to suppress evidence, his motion to reconsider his
motion to suppress, and his subsequent conditional guilty-plea
conviction for possession with intent to distribute approximately
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R.
47.5.4.
302 pounds of marijuana. Minotti argues that (1) the district
court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence and motion
to reconsider because no reasonable suspicion existed for the stop
of his vehicle; (2) the Government deliberately used perjured
testimony during the suppression hearing; and (3) the district
court erred in failing to conduct an evidentiary hearing on his
motion to reconsider the motion to suppress.
We have reviewed the record and, for essentially the same
reasons stated by the district court orally at the suppression
hearing and in writing in denying the motion to reconsider, find no
reversible error in the district court’s denial of the motions.
See United States v. Minotti, No. L-96-23 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 11,
1996). Minotti has not demonstrated that the Government
deliberately introduced perjured testimony during the suppression
hearing. See United States v. Bethley, 973 F.2d 396, 399 (5th Cir.
1992). Minotti has shown no error in the lack of an evidentiary
hearing on his motion to reconsider or in the consideration of the
Government’s affidavits.
AFFIRMED.
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