TN: Laptop search issue first raised in MNT is way too late; issue waived

Defendant was convicted of four counts of rape of a child. A laptop was properly seized from his car with probable cause under the automobile exception. It was searched without a warrant. Defendant waived the search of the computer by first raising it in a motion for new trial. Suppression motions have to be filed before trial. State v. Alberts, 2016 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 52 (Jan. 28, 2016).

Defendant was a passenger on a Greyhound bus stopped at an immigration checkpoint. The Border Patrol agent boarded the bus and walked from back to front checking IDs. Defendant’s demeanor suggested right off that he was way too nervous, and his different responses to the same question suggested criminality. Ordering defendant off the bus was with reasonable suspicion. United States v. Holmes, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9152 (S.D.Tex. Jan. 26, 2016).*