IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-41587
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
EARNEST GENE SEWELL,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:98-CR-51-1
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August 12, 1999
Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and STEWART, Circuit
Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Earnest Gene Sewell appeals his conditional guilty-plea
conviction for possession with intent to distribute crack
cocaine. Sewell argues that the district court erred in denying
his motion for the disclosure of the confidential informant and
his motion to suppress evidence seized following a traffic stop
of his vehicle.
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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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
No. 98-41587
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Sewell did not preserve the right to appeal the district
court’s denial of his motion to disclose the informant’s identity
as required by Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(a)(2). Accordingly, that
issue is waived. We have reviewed the record and the briefs of
the parties and hold that there was reasonable suspicion of
criminal activity to justify stopping Sewell’s vehicle in light
of the confidential informant’s specific and accurate information
and the officers’ own personal knowledge and observation. Adams
v. Williams, 407 U.S. 143, 147 (1972); United States v. Roch, 5
F.3d 894, 898 (5th Cir. 1993).
AFFIRMED.