Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pharez Charles PRINCE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-11-18
Citations: 50 F. App'x 177
Docket Number: No. 01-5017
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pharez Charles PRINCE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 50
Pages: 177–178

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pharez Charles PRINCE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-5017.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 26, 2002.
Decided Nov. 18, 2002.
Kenneth W. Ravenell, Erin C. Murphy, Schulman, Treem, Kaminkow, Gilden & Ravenell, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Thomas E. DiBiagio, United States Attorney, Tarra DeShields Minnis, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Pharez Charles Prince was convicted of bank robbery following his conditional guilty plea and sentenced to 151 months in prison. Prince reserved his right to appeal the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained during the execution of a search warrant on his residence and vehicle and has appealed that order. Prince asserts the affidavit supporting the search warrants was insufficient to establish probable cause. Finding no such error, we affirm.
In reviewing the district court's denial of the motion to suppress evidence, we review the factual findings under the clearly erroneous standard and review the legal conclusions de novo. United States v. Kitchens, 114 F.3d 29, 31 (4th Cir.1997). Thus, we review de novo the legal question of whether a search warrant and its supporting affidavit are legally sufficient, while according substantial deference to a neutral and detached judge's finding of probable cause. United States v. Oloyede, 982 F.2d 133, 138 (4th Cir.1992). We must simply ensure that the judge had a substantial basis for concluding that probable cause existed. Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 218, 246, 103 S.Ct. 2317, 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983). According substantial deference to the issuing magistrate judge, we conclude that the affidavit established sufficient probable cause to search Prince's home and vehicle.
Accordingly, we affirm the court's denial of Prince's motion to suppress. 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.