United States v. Pascual

*672MEMORANDUM—DECISION and ORDER

DAVID N. HURD, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

On April 6, 2016, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging defendant Nelson Pascual (“Pascual” or “defendant”) with the unlawful possession of drugs and weapons that were seized during a warrantless search of his apartment in Syracuse, New York. Defendant has moved to suppress the evidence recovered during that search and to dismiss Count Four of the indictment, which charges him as a violent felon in possession of body armor. The United States of America (the “Government”) opposes the…