Defendant\u2019s warrantless arrest as an unregistered sex offender was valid. He was arrested in a bedroom, and the officer\u2019s protective sweep of the closet, sweeping his arm through the clothes hanging there, was designed to see if a person was there. Instead, he felt a firearm, and it was thus in plain view. United States v. Gray, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167536 (N.D. Ga. October 31, 2013).*<\/p>\n
2255 petitioner is arguing \u201csemantics\u201d whether this trash was at the \u201ccurb\u201d or not, and he pled guilty with no motion to suppress. \u201cAs such, the Supreme Court’s decision in California v. Greenwood clearly supports the legality of Agent Crain’s search and there is no conceivable way in which Petitioner’s counsel was ineffective in failing to challenge the search. Despite his vigorous assertions, Petitioner’s legal and factual bases for this Ground are erroneous.\u201d Garries v. United States, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 167464 (E.D. Va. November 25, 2013).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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