U.S. v. MAESTAS

No. 10-2226.

639 F.3d 1032 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Moses Earnest MAESTAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Aarons , Aarons Law Firm PC, Santa Fe, NM, for Defendant-Appellant.

John C. Anderson , Assistant United States Attorney ( Kenneth J. Gonzales , United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MURPHY, HARTZ, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.


HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Moses Earnest Maestas appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence— specifically, forty-two grams of methamphetamine and a handgun—seized from an enclosed garbage storage area. Mr. Maestas argues that he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the place where the evidence was seized, and that the seizure therefore violated his Fourth...

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