Opinion ID: 2747892
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Heading: Search warrant challenge

Text: Mr. Burtons also challenges the district court’s rejection of his Franks challenge 3 Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12(b)(3)(C) requires a motion to suppress evidence to be raised before trial. -12- and its determination the rental agreement provided consent for officers to search his storage unit. We decline to reach these issues because Mr. Burtons was charged with only one count of being a felon in possession, and the firearm seized from his vehicle is sufficient to affirm his conviction. See 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Further, Mr. Burtons was sentenced to the statutory minimum of 180 months for his conviction. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1). Any additional firearm and ammunition seized from Mr. Burtons’s storage unit would have no further impact on his conviction or sentence. See United States v. Torres, 182 F.3d 1156, 1164 n.4 (10th Cir. 1999) (explaining principles of judicial restraint prevent us from addressing an issue that is unnecessary to the outcome of the case). As noted previously, supra note 2, counsel for Mr. Burtons conceded we need not reach the issues regarding the search of the storage unit if we affirm on the detention issue.