Improper possession of a cell phone in a halfway house made the phone subject to search and seizure under the \u201cparole exception\u201d of Knights. Defendant also had a search condition on him, and signs at the halfway house warned of this happening. United States v. Jackson, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64046 (S.D.Iowa May 4, 2016), adopted 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64045 (S.D. Iowa May 16, 2016).<\/p>\n
Defendant alleged in his 2255 that defense counsel didn\u2019t properly challenge the search. Going to the merits of the search, it was based on a valid plain view. Since that ground for a motion to suppress was completely unmeritorious, defense counsel couldn\u2019t be ineffective. United States v. Chambers, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62995 (M.D.Pa. May 12, 2016).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Improper possession of a cell phone in a halfway house made the phone subject to search and seizure under the \u201cparole exception\u201d of Knights. Defendant also had a search condition on him, and signs at the halfway house warned of … Continue reading