Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Akeem Labeeb AL-MUWWAKKIL, a/k/a Willie Moore, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-10-23
Citations: 48 F. App'x 897
Docket Number: No. 02-4268
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Akeem Labeeb AL-MUWWAKKIL, a/k/a Willie Moore, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 48
Pages: 897–898

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Akeem Labeeb AL-MUWWAKKIL, a/k/a Willie Moore, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-4268.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 27, 2002.
Decided Oct. 23, 2002.
James Ellenson, Newport News, Virginia, for Appellant. Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Matthew W. Hoffman, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Akeem Labeeb Al-Muwwakkil appeals his conviction after a jury trial for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.G § 922(g)(1) (2000). Al-Muwwakkil was arrested when, during the arrest of another passenger, he was discovered in the back seat of his brother's car with a bag containing a backpack with two pistols in it. Prior to trial, Al-Muwwakkil tried unsuccessfully to suppress the contents of the backpack by arguing that the arresting officer violated his Fourth Amendment rights by searching the contents of the bag and the backpack. Al-Muwwakkil proceeded to trial and was convicted by a jury. This appeal followed.
On appeal, Al-Muwwakkil contends that the district court erred in failing to distinguish his factual circumstances from those in the Supreme Court's illustrative opinion in Wyoming v. Houghton, 526 U.S. 295, 301-07, 119 S.Ct. 1297, 143 L.Ed.2d 408 (1999). After a thorough review of the record and the transcript of the hearing in the district court, we have no difficulty in finding that the district court did not err in denying Al-Muwwakkü's motion to suppress the evidence at issue. United States v. Photogrammetric Data Servs., Inc., 259 F.3d 229, 237 (4th Cir.2001), cert, denied, — U.S. -, 122 S.Ct. 1295, 152 L.Ed.2d 208, 70 U.S.L.W. 3373 (2002). The district court correctly applied the appropriate Supreme Court precedent in determining that, even assuming Al-Muwwakkil possessed standing to challenge the actions of the arresting officers, Rakas v. Illinois, 439 U.S. 128, 141-43, 99 S.Ct. 421, 58 L.Ed.2d 387 (1978), the seizure was proper. New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454, 460, 101 S.Ct. 2860, 69 L.Ed.2d 768 (1981).
Accordingly, we hereby affirm the district court's order denying the motion to suppress and affirm Al-Muwwakkil's conviction and sentence. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.