D.Nev.: Effort to show no PC for defendant at the premises only showed a lack of standing

Defendant conflates the probable cause requirement for a search and the standing question. In his effort to show that the government lacked probable cause to connect him to the premises, he succeeded in only showing that he lacked standing to challenge the search in the first place. United States v. Chapa-Novoa, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 188205 (D. Nev. August 29, 2013). Remember: Search warrants are directed at places, not at people, and the effort to show a lack of link, essentially a trial argument, became a lack of standing.

The district court’s conclusion that defendant initiated the conversation with the officers and was not seized by them is supported by the evidence. United States v. Hammonds, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 12947 (3d Cir. July 9, 2014).*

Defendant’s stop was valid. He was believed to be involved in a murder and had a bag suspected of carrying weapons. When he was stopped, there was reasonable suspicion. United States v. Esquivel, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 13098 (5th Cir. July 10, 2014).*