I agree with you, Coley...I think they should stuff him in jail for possession with intent to distribute, and then tell him to "sue the Balitimore cops if you think they violated your rights by using a knife"...

Yes, the evidence can be suppressed if an unreasonable seizure is used after a legitimate search found the evidence...that's where it gets mixed up as to what is being violated, and what the remedy is.

From the opinion:

"The manner in which contraband is removed from a suspect
during a sexually intrusive search, no less than the manner in
which the contraband initially is discovered, must be considered
in determining under the Bell analysis whether the search
was reasonable.5 Bell, 441 U.S. at 559-60; see United States
v. Hambrick, 630 F.3d 742, 748 (8th Cir. 2011); United States
v. Williams, 477 F.3d 974, 975-76 (8th Cir. 2007)."

I don't agree, but that's what the Court found.

If there is further appeal and the 4th Circuit reviews it en banc, or the Supremes see it, this will the single crux of the issue...can an unreasonable seizure invalidate an otherwise reasonable search?

I still agree that a legal search found the drugs, and that he's fukked on that one...and that any injury he sustained from the "unreasonable seizure" should be hashed out in state court as a different issue.

Fish on...

Todd