Goss

MEMORANDUM *

Teffin Goss appeals his jury conviction of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 . Goss appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained following a traffic stop, as well as the district court’s admission of evidence of Goss’s prior state drug conviction. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (a) and 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Drug Evidence Obtained During Traffic Stop

We review de novo whether a traffic stop exceeds its permissible scope. United States v. Garcia-Rivera, 353 F.3d 788, 791 (9th Cir.2003). The district court did not err in denying Goss’s motion to suppress the drug evidence obtained during Officer Keeler’s traffic stop of Goss. No Fourth Amendment violation occurs when an officer stops a driver if the officer has probable cause to believe that a traffic violation has occurred. Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806, 810 , 116 S.Ct. 1769 , 135 L.Ed.2d 89 (1996). Here, there is no debate that Officer Keeler had legitimately stopped Goss for running a red light, and thus the original detention was permissible. We focus on whether reasonable suspicion supported…