United States v. Hollis, No. 13-13780 (11th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseIn February 2011, officers were searching for defendant Shedrick Hollis based on an outstanding Georgia arrest warrant for a parole violation. Law enforcement learned that Hollis could be found in an apartment the officers suspected to be a drug house. After surrounding the apartment, the officers saw Hollis through a window, broke through the door, and arrested him, and other officers conducted a protective sweep of the apartment. During that sweep, the officers discovered marijuana and firearms in plain view. After he was indicted on charges of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, Hollis moved to suppress the drugs and firearms found in the apartment. The district court denied his motion. Hollis was convicted on all counts. The issue this appeal presented for the Eleventh Circuit's review centered on whether the subject of an arrest warrant could challenge the use of evidence found in plain view during a protective sweep in a third party’s residence. Because the evidence was discovered in plain view during a protective sweep incident to a valid arrest, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's denial of Hollis' suppression motion.
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