United States v. Wills

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN United States District Judge

On August 8, 2018, the Court issued an opinion granting defendant Derrick Wills' motions to suppress statements and tangible evidence. The Court found that an initial search of Mr. Wills' backpack at the scene of his arrest had been unlawful - it was not a valid Terry frisk and preceded the discovery of the firearm in the bushes that subsequently established probable cause. As a result, the Court analyzed whether the contents of Mr. Wills' backpack would have been inevitably discovered *141in a lawful search incident to arrest, thus qualifying for an…