United States v. Ronald Joseph Knapp

BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Mr. Knapp of manufacturing, distributing and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Mr. Knapp appeals asserting that evidence seized pursuant to two search warrants should have been suppressed.

The disputed evidence was seized from two separate dwellings. The first dwelling was an uninhabited house where Mr. Knapp conducted a marijuana growing operation. Mr. Knapp contends the trial court erred in finding that the officer’s affidavit supporting the search warrant did not contain knowing or reckless…