Court Opinion

ID: 9488245
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 12:40:05.087656+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:52:46.697077
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McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur only because it is not the province of the appeals court to make credibility assessments. The police officers’ saccharine account of the events of September 3, 1993, ironically leaves a bitter aftertaste. Rarely, if ever, have I encountered a case in which the police conduct was so mild-mannered and the suspect so acquiescent. The “fact” that Heath would so willingly consent to the search of his motel room and, more specifically, the shoe box, which he knew contained drugs and drug paraphernalia, is surprising, to say the least.