United States Sixth Circuit

In a prosecution of defendants for multiple firearm and drug trafficking offenses, district court's denial of defendants' motions to suppress evidence found in their motel room during the course of a warrantless entry is reversed and remanded where: 1) defendants possessed a reasonable expectation of privacy in the motel room; and 2) because the trooper could not see through the frosted window, the district court correctly held that he lacked probable cause to believe that the defendant would destroy evidence of a drug crime, thus, without probable cause, the officers cannot rely on exigent circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/13/2010
• Decided 10/07/2010
• Published 10/07/2010

Judges

• COOK

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dennis Belli, Hagen W. Frank