Opinion ID: 506212
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Drewes

Text: 131 Drewes contends that the searches of Poe Hangar at Sweetwater and his home contravened his Fourth Amendment rights and that the district court erred in admitting the fruits of these searches following suppression hearings during trial. Drewes does not specify when these searches occurred or which counts he wishes us to review in the light of this contention. 40 We find no error in the court's decision to admit evidence resulting from these searches. 132 The court properly held that Drewes lacked standing to contest the search of the hangar and the airplane and car located in it. At the suppression hearing, Drewes failed to assert any property interest in the hangar, the aircraft, or the car. Thus, he may not seek to exclude evidence resulting from these searches. United States v. Parks, 684 F.2d 1078 (5th Cir.1982). Drewes' claim, for the first time on this appeal, that he had leased the hangar is untimely and will not be considered. 133 Drewes' contention concerning the search of his home is likewise without merit. Officers entered Drewes' home and arrested both him and appellant Goff pursuant to proper warrants. When asked whether there were any weapons in the house, Mrs. Drewes told them there were two and where they were located, and an officer retrieved them. Goff conceded at trial that he consented to the search of his luggage. Drewes lacks standing to challenge the admissibility of the items found in Goff's luggage. 134 Additionally, Drewes contends that the court erred in allowing the government to introduce in evidence the weapons belonging to him that were seized at the time of his arrest. He argues that these should have been excluded as prejudicial extrinsic evidence under Rule 403, Fed. R.Evid., pursuant to United States v. Beechum, 582 F.2d 898 (5th Cir.1978) (en banc), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 920, 99 S.Ct. 1244, 59 L.Ed.2d 472 (1979). Possession of weapons is highly probative as to an accused drug trafficker's criminal intent as tools of the trade. United States v. Martinez, 808 F.2d 1050, 1057 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, --- U.S. ----, 107 S.Ct. 1962, 95 L.Ed.2d 533 (1987). The government did not highlight the weapons evidence at trial, and Drewes does not claim that he was prejudiced by their introduction. Their probative value clearly outweighs any likely prejudicial impact. Drewes had not asked the court to make an on-the-record articulation of its probative/prejudicial inquiry. See United States v. Robinson, 700 F.2d 205, 213 (5th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1008, 104 S.Ct. 1003, 79 L.Ed.2d 235 (1984). The court did not abuse its discretion by admitting the guns into evidence. 135 Finally, Drewes argues that the Double Jeopardy Clause bars his conviction under counts 9, 11, 12, 20, and 21, since, he urges, these all concern alleged activities within the course of a single conspiracy. We have already considered the double jeopardy question with respect to counts 9, 11, and 20. Since Drewes offers no separate argument as to the evidence or law with respect to counts 12 and 21, we do not consider them on appeal.