United States v. Kenneth H. Hedrick

PELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

A federal grand jury indicted defendant-appellant Kenneth H. Hedrick on thirteen counts involving possession and distribution of cocaine and money laundering. In a bench trial, the judge found Hedrick guilty on all counts and entered judgment accordingly. During the trial, Hedrick moved to suppress from admission into evidence all items seized from the warrantless search of the garbage at Hedrick’s residence. He did not object to the admission of evidence seized from the dumpster outside his office building.

The garbage searched at Hedrick’s home was located in…