United States v. Mckennon

This appeal challenges an order granting a motion to suppress. Devon Harris McKennon (hereinafter McKennon) was in-*1541dieted for violations of the Controlled Sub-, stance Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 (1982) after a warrantless search of an article of luggage in the possession of an accomplice produced a quantity of cocaine. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted McKennon’s motion to suppress evidence of the cocaine. On appeal, the United States argues that McKennon lacks standing to contest the legality of the search. For the reasons that follow, we…