Opinion ID: 2632549
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Trash Searches

Text: Defendants' contention that the affidavit failed to provide a specific, particularized reason for rejecting this technique is belied by the affidavit itself, which reiterates that the address of the user of Target Telephone # 1 was unknown, that narcotics traffickers go to great lengths to destroy incriminating evidence (including carrying their trash away to a different site), and that trash removal by law enforcement poses the risk of detection. Although defendants suggest that the task force could have conducted a trash search of their residence, they have not shown that there was a basis for believing significant evidence would be uncovered though such a search. Defendants thus offer no basis for second-guessing the relative risks and benefits of trash searches in this case. ( U.S. v. Canales Gomez, supra, 358 F.3d at p. 1224.)