United States v. Randall McGee

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• concluding that district court’s reliance on officer’s testimony regarding inoperative brake light was not clearly erroneous
• finding reasonable under the circumstances the court's partial reliance at sentencing on the fact that the defendant brought drugs in from out of state
• noting that the government bears the burden to prove, as an initial matter, that a challenged search or seizure is not unlawful (citing, inter alia, Welsh v. Wisconsin, 466 U.S. 740, 749-50, 104 S. Ct. 2091, 2097 (1984)), cert denied, _ U.S. _, 134 S. Ct. 1572 (2014
• noting that the government bears the burden to prove, as an initial matter, that a challenged search or seizure is not unlawful (citing, inter alia, Welsh v. Wisconsin, 466 U.S. 740, 749-50, 104 S. Ct. 2091, 2097 (1984)), cert denied, ___ U.S. ___, 134 S. Ct. 1572 (2014
• “We review the factual findings underlying a district court’s ruling on a motion to suppress for clear error . . . .”
• “The government bears the burden of proof in justifying a warrantless search or seizure.”

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