U.S. v. Jones

In prosecution on drug distribution charge, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress drugs found in apartment defendant shared with his girlfriend, where girlfriend consented to search in apartment parking lot after defendant and his girlfriend had been arrested during controlled buy of drugs. Dist. Ct. could properly believe police officers' testimonies that girlfriend gave consent after her handcuffs had been removed and after officer had told girlfriend that police would be seeking search warrant. Moreover, Ct. rejected defendant's claim that police officers lacked sufficient reasonable basis to believe that they had probable cause to obtain warrant.