94 F3d 9 United States v. Andrade  94 F.3d 9  UNITED STATES of
America, Appellee, Louis ANDRADE, Appellant.  No. 95-1883.
United States Court of Appeals,  First Circuit. Submitted July
31, 1996. Decided Aug. 26, 1996.  Daniel J. Johnedis, on brief,
Woburn, MA, for appellant.  Donald K. Stern, United States
Attorney, and Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., Assistant United States
Attorney, on brief, for appellees.  Before TORRUELLA, Chief
Judge, CYR and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.  LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Louis Andrade was convicted of possessing cocaine base with
intent to distribute. He was sentenced to 168 months in prison.
He appeals from both his conviction and his sentence.
Andrade's main argument is that the evidence seized when the car
in which he was riding was stopped by officers from the Boston
Anti-Gang Violence Unit should have been suppressed. He says
that the ostensible reason for the stop, a traffic violation,
was only a pretext to search the car in hope of proving more
serious charges. For these charges, he say