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172644P.pdf 11/27/2018 United States v. Alex Coleman
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 17-2644
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Benton and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant's girlfriend had common authority
over their residence and could invite the officers into the residence to
investigate her domestic violence complaint; defendant's subsequent
objection to the officers' presence did not invalidate their lawful entry;
protective sweep of the premises after defendant's arrest was a valid
search; the warrant officers obtained to conduct a full search was
sufficiently particular; drug sniff and search of car parked in the
driveway were permitted under the warrant's language permitting search of
the premises and curtilage; evidence was sufficient to support defendant's
convictions for possession of drugs with intent to distribute, for
conspiracy to possess drugs with intent to distribute and for being a
felon in possession of a firearm.