United States v. Nigel Kenyatta Locke

37 F.3d 1507 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nigel Kenyatta LOCKE, Defendant-Appellant. No. 93-30220. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 12, 1994. * Decided Oct. 6, 1994. Before: BROWNING, WRIGHT and CANBY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Nigel Locke appeals the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence, and its refusal to depart downward from the sentence dictated by the applicable guideline range. We affirm. 3 * Locke waived his right to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence when he entered an unconditional guilty plea. See United States v. Carrasco, 786 F.2d 1452, 1453-54 (9th Cir.1986) (right to appeal pretrial rulings waived by guilty plea unless defendant enters conditional plea and preserves issues for appeal in writing). Locke points to no exception to this rule that might apply in his case, and we can discover none. II 4…