United States v. Laughton

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE

LAWSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence filed on January 6, 2006. The motion concerns evidence seized in a warrantless search of a motor vehicle that occurred on April 20, 2002, which evidence supports the charge contained in court four of the superseding indictment in this case. The government contends that the search can be justified either by the defendant’s consent to search or as a search incident to a lawful arrest. After considering the evidence offered at the evidentiary…