U.S. v. JACKSON

No. 12-4559.

728 F.3d 367 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dana JACKSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert James Wagner , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Erik Sean Siebert , Office Of The United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Michael S. Nachmanoff , Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Neil H. MacBride , United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge AGEE joined. Judge THACKER wrote a dissenting opinion.


NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Before dawn on May 26, 2011, Richmond, Virginia police officers pulled two bags of trash from a trash can located behind the apartment that Sierra Cox had rented from the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority. The officers were looking to corroborate a tip from confidential informants that Dana Jackson was selling drugs from the apartment. Jackson, who was Cox's boyfriend and the father of her children, regularly stayed at the apartment...

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