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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. LAMON DAVID SIMMONS

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 24, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Scott Graham, SCOTT GRAHAM PLLC, Portage, Michigan, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Kathryn M. Dalzell, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Scott Graham, SCOTT GRAHAM PLLC, Portage, Michigan, forn Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Kathryn M. Dalzell, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellee.

Judge(s): THAPAR, NALBANDIAN, and RITZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan at Grand Rapids

NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judge. Lamon Simmons was living in one home and dealing cocaine out of another. Following an eight-month investigation involving confidential buys by a reliable informant and regular surveillance of Simmons, the police got a warrant to search both homes. Simmons now claims that the search of his primary residence was unconstitutional because the warrant lacked probable cause. He argues that the police did not establish a nexus between his home and his drug activity. Because the warrant affidavit sufficiently detailed Simmons’s ongoing drug trafficking and the likelihood that records of that trafficking would exist in his home, we affirm.

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