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A Human-Sized Duffel Bag

I laughed out loud at this: [The defendant] challenges a number of the district court?s factual findings and argues the findings do not establish that officers lawfully conducted a protective sweep of the garage during which they observed an open duffel bag containing marijuana.The district court found the following: during a drug investigation at a St. Louis residence, Officer Lankford and his partner observed Jones and another individual leave the residence and enter the garage. The officers followed the men, who fled the garage. After the officers arrested the men for possession of narcotics, the officers entered the garage and observed a tarpaulin covering a large object. Concerned that a person could be under the tarpaulin, Officer Lankford pulled back the tarpaulin, which revealed a large open duffel bag containing several freezer bags of marijuana...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 06, 2009 (boomark / email).