Opinion ID: 1994085
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Aaron Young

Text: Aaron Young, appellant's younger brother, testified that he was in the basement when the Marshals arrived at the house early in the morning, around 7 a.m. but before 8 a.m., and that he knew that the Marshals had arrived because he heard them call out police, or Marshals, or whatever. He then heard Young say, I'm right here, at which point Aaron was kind of thinking [he] was dreaming and didn't know what was going on because [he was] kind of asleep. Then the police came downstairs and woke him, shining flashlights in his face. They told him to get dressed and come with them. Aaron was in the first of two bedrooms in the basement when the Marshals found him. There were two sets of mattresses in the room, only one of which Aaron used to sleep on. The Marshals asked him if anyone else was present, and he told them about his older brother Michael, who was sleeping in the back bedroom. Some of the officers then headed to the back bedroom while Aaron, now dressed, was escorted upstairs by two of the officers. When he arrived upstairs, Aaron saw Young in handcuffs, heading out the front door. The Marshals put him in the living room with Anderson. Two officers then came upstairs with Michael in handcuffs. At this point all five people (Aaron, his mother, Anderson, Michael, and Young) were sitting in the living room. Both Michael and Young were handcuffed. When the gun was found, Young was in the living room, but Aaron was not sure if he was on that spot, or ... on the couch. Then, Young was led out of the living room, and an officer went downstairs for approximately 15 minutes. When the officer came back up, he ordered everyone into the kitchen. Aaron did not see the police search anywhere or lift or overturn any mattresses. But while they were sitting in the kitchen, one of the officers asked Aaron to come downstairs to take a look at something, at which point they went downstairs into the first bedroom. The bed on which Aaron had been sleeping was untouched, but the other mattress in the room was like turned and the clothes were like, knocked over. Aaron could not remember exactly what the officer asked him, but it was something about a gun, and the officer showed him bullets in a plastic bag. The officer said the bag was found underneath the mattress, but Aaron did not see them find the bullets. This was the first time anyone had mentioned bullets.