Opinion ID: 621485
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Heading: Waiver of Probable Cause Issue

Text: As a threshold matter, we consider whether Harrison's unconditional guilty plea bars him from raising on appeal the denial of his motion to dismiss for lack of probable cause. Our review of the record reveals that Harrison's guilty plea was, in fact, unconditional. [A]s [Harrison's] guilty plea was unconditional, he waived his right to challenge the district court's pretrial ruling on [this] Fourth Amendment issue[]. United States v. Harner, 628 F.3d 999, 1000 (8th Cir. 2011) (citing United States v. Freeman, 625 F.3d 1049, 1052 (8th Cir. 2010) (A guilty plea waives all suppression issues not expressly reserved by a conditional plea.)). Although [a] defendant may enter a conditional guilty plea 'reserving in writing the right to have an appellate court review an adverse determination of a specified pretrial motion,' he may do so only with the consent of the district court and the government. Id. (quoting Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(a)(2)). Here, Harrison pleaded guilty unconditionally; therefore, his argument that the district court erroneously denied his motion to dismiss for lack of probable cause is waived by his guilty plea. See id.