Motion to Suppress

· Due Tuesday by 11:59pm

· Submitting a text entry box or a file upload

· Jul 29 at 11:59pm

1. Search Warrants Executed at Combs’ Properties:

· In March 2024, federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed search warrants at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ properties in Los Angeles and Miami.

· The search warrants were related to an ongoing sex trafficking investigation, according to law enforcement sources.

· The warrants were out of the Southern District of New York.

· Combs was in the Miami area when the searches were executed.

2. Items Seized During the Searches:

· Law enforcement officers seized “three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, as well as a drum magazine” from Combs’ residences.

· Phones were seized from Combs in Miami before he was scheduled to depart for a trip to the Bahamas.

3. Legal Challenges to the Searches:

· Combs’ lawyers are challenging the search warrants and aiming to suppress evidence found during the searches.

· They argue that the warrant applications were overbroad, excluded facts that could have been favorable to Combs, and presented a distorted picture of reality.

4. Search of Combs’ Jail Cell:

· While Combs was in jail, investigators searched his cell as part of a “larger safety and security initiative” at the facility.

· The government claims the search was scheduled before Combs’ arrest and was not targeted at him.

· Items such as a manila folder marked “legal”, a notebook, an address book, and personal effects were found in Combs’ cell.

· Photos were taken of the notebook and address book but were not removed from his cell.

Instructions: Apply relevant procedural rules (e.g., Fourth Amendment, Miranda) and draft a draft a motion to suppress evidence, identifying the specific procedural rule violated by the police and arguing why the evidence should be excluded.