State v. Shelton

¶1 Robert Jonathan Shelton, Jr. (“Shelton”) was convicted by a jury of operating an unlawful clandestine laboratory. Prior to trial, he moved to suppress evidence gathered from a third party’s apartment. Shelton appeals the District Court’s order denying his motion to suppress. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issues as follows:

¶3 I. Did the District Court err in denying Shelton’s motion to suppress the evidence collected from the consensual search of a garbage can inside a minor’s apartment?

¶4 II. Did the District Court err in concluding that Shelton failed to prove, by a preponderance of the…