United States Sixth Circuit

A conviction for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime is affirmed where: 1) the district court correctly found that a search warrant established a nexus between defendant's suspected possession of the handguns and his residence sufficient to support the issuing judge's finding of probable cause; and 2) the district court correctly found that the warrant application included testimony and evidence sufficient to support the issuing judge's finding of probable cause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/16/2008
• Published 10/16/2008

Judges

• Before:  SILER, MOORE, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Bradley R. Hall, Federal Defender Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.  Graham Leslie Teall, Assistant United States Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Bradley R. Hall, Jonathan Miles Epstein, Federal Defender Office, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant.  Graham Leslie Teall, Assistant United States Attorney, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee.