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U.S. v. CHURCH

No. 15-5362.

823 F.3d 351 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Dewayne CHURCH, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 17, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael C. Holley , Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Philip H. Wehby , United States Attorney's Office, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael C. Holley , Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Philip H. Wehby , United States Attorney's Office, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

KETHLEDGE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which CLELAND, D.J., joined, and GRIFFIN, J., joined in the result. GRIFFIN, J. (pp. 357-64), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment.

OPINION

Search warrants target places, not people. David Church opened his home to police and showed them that he had marijuana inside. Police received a warrant to search the home for drugs. Church was later charged with drug distribution, and moved to suppress evidence gathered in that search on the theory that...

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