United States v. Taylor

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Larry Taylor (“Taylor”), who had earlier been convicted in the Mississippi courts, was a participant in the state’s Earned Release Supervision Program (“ERS”). While he was on supervised release, the Mississippi authorities conducted a war-rantless search of his girlfriend’s residence, where Taylor was an overnight guest, and found a firearm. Taylor was indicted in federal court for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He moved to suppress the firearm as evidence from an unconstitutional search. The district court denied this motion and Taylor entered a…