D.Minn.: When nexus of drugs to a residence is established, it can move with the def

If defendant moves and nexus to his residence and drugs has been established, it is a reasonable inference that the drugs went with the move. United States v. Hudson, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 246482 (D. Minn. Dec.19, 2020).

“On the record before us, the search of the defendants’ bags — as evidenced by the sergeant’s command to ‘double-check’ and ‘verify’ that the defendants did not have any tools in their possession — was a fishing expedition. Indeed, ‘double-check’ implies that ‘everything is okay,’ but ‘let’s make sure.’ In the realm of Fourth Amendment analysis, and on this record (i.e., aside from fitting the description of the suspects, there was nothing suspicious about the defendants, they were compliant, and it was not a consensual encounter) ‘double-check’ and ‘let’s make sure’ equate to an impermissibly prolonged stop.” State v. Dorroh, 2021-Ohio-12, 2021 Ohio App. LEXIS 4 (8th Dist. Jan. 7, 2021);* State v. Pritchett, 2021-Ohio-9, 2021 Ohio App. LEXIS 6 (8th Dist. Jan. 7, 2021).*

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