United States v. Young, No. 15-1495 (1st Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseDefendant entered a conditional guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute twenty-eight grams or more of cocaine base and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Defendant appealed, arguing that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained by law enforcement officers while executing a warrant for his arrest. The First Circuit agreed with Defendant and reversed the denial of his motion to suppress, holding that the officers had insufficient grounds to justify entering Defendant’s girlfriend’s apartment without consent to execute the arrest warrant. Remanded.
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