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Legal Analysis MemorandumNameCourseTutor’s NameDateMemorandumTo: Supervising AttorneyFrom: Junior AssociateRe: DC v. BlakeIssueMr. Blake was arrested from a house belonging to a third party who admitted the police into the house. Police informed Mr. Blake that they had observed everyone in the room smoking marijuana and witnessed Mr. Blake transfer a baggie of white powder to another gentleman. While in the house the police observed concealed firms in the room and on a pat-down search of Mr. Blake discovered suspected marijuana and cocaine. The charges facing Mr. Blake are possession of a controlled substance, distribution of a controlled substance and possession of an unregistered firearm.The drugsand or guns are only admissible, as evidence if they do not fall under the “exclusionary rule” that applies to seizure does not comply with Fourth Amendment (Mapp v. Ohio). The general rule is that evidence obtained from a search or seizure that contravenes the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible against a defendant. The question is whether Mr Blake has the standing to suppress the evidence obtained by the police. In Minnesota v. Carter,it was held that legitimate expectation of privacy