Rube Smith, etc., Defendant-Appellant. United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Jan. 27, 2000. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Defendant, Ruvel Alfred Smith, Jr., appeals his convictions for conspiring to distribute cocaine and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841 and 846.
Defendant asserts that the district court erred in denying Defendant's motion to suppress.
This case arises from a bus check at a Jacksonville, Florida, bus station. On 5 May 1997, DEA Special Agent Bruce Savell and Border Patrol Agent James Perkins were conducting narcotics-interdiction surveillance at the bus station. Savell, inside the bus terminal, noticed Defendant's co-indictee, Joseph Tee Bruton. According to Savell, Bruton constantly changed seats, walked around, and scanned the terminal. Bruton watched every passenger who walked through the terminal.