United States Sixth Circuit

If a defendant is a guest in a house and has no Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy, he cannot challenge the validity of a Miranda-less interrogation and search based upon the officers' reasonable belief that they are in danger.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/30/2001
• Decided 12/28/2001
• Published 12/28/2001

Judges

• Before:  KEITH, KENNEDY, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John T. Fowlkes, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued and briefed), Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• G. William Hymers, III (briefed), Danny R. Ellis (argued), Hardee, Martin, Jaynes & Ivy, Jackson, TN, for Defendant-Appellee.