Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Allen NUNLEY, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-05-29
Citations: 10 F. App'x 386
Docket Number: No. 00-4076
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Allen NUNLEY, Appellant.
Judges: Before McMILLIAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and KYLE, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 10
Pages: 386–386

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Allen NUNLEY, Appellant.
No. 00-4076.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted May 16, 2001.
Decided May 29, 2001.
Before McMILLIAN and BEAM, Circuit Judges, and KYLE, District Judge.
. The Honorable Richard H. Kyle, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant James Allen Nunley appeals from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas pursuant to Nunley's conditional guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(l)(A)(viii). Nunley was sentenced to 324 months' imprisonment. He appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence.
Having reviewed the matter, we conclude that the District Court did not err in denying Nunley's suppression motion. We agree with the District Court that, although the officer's affidavit and the resulting search warrant were not the "model of clarity or a paradigm to be copied by future law enforcement officers," there was sufficient probable cause to issue the search warrant for Nunley's home. We further agree that the location of the contraband was sufficiently described in both the affidavit and search warrant, and that the judicial officer was neutral and detached and used independent judgement in issuing the warrant. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
. The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.