TN: Def counsel can’t be ineffective for not moving to suppress where it’s apparent there was no standing

Defense counsel can’t be ineffective for not moving to suppress evidence seized off a co- defendant because defendant wouldn’t have any standing. Smith v. State, 2019 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 442 (July 22, 2019).*

It was professionally reasonable for defense counsel to not file a likely fruitless motion to suppress. Walker v. United States, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121033 (D. Idaho July 18, 2019).*

Partially blocking defendant’s path with a police car to talk to him didn’t turn the encounter into a seizure. His displaying drugs was probable cause. United States v. Ochoa, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 120019 (S.D. N.Y. July 18, 2019).*

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