United States v. Legault

FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE

STEARNS, District Judge.

On February 20, 2003, police officers assigned to the Essex County Drug Task Force searched an apartment on the second floor of a home located on Chestnut Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. The search was conducted pursuant to a warrant issued by a clerk-magistrate of the Lynn District Court. The search extended to the basement of the two-family dwelling. In defendant Jonathan Le-gault’s bedroom, officers seized a Glock .40 caliber handgun, drugs, and drug paraphernalia. 1 In defendant William…