Nicholson v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• holding consent to search valid when defendant who was houseguest informed police where he had hidden drugs and firearms in friend’s home to prevent police from “tearing] the place apart” in searching for contraband
• noting authority that “once the Government establishes the existence of a prior conviction, the burden shifts to the offender to show that the conviction violated the Federal Constitution,” without deciding the question
• “we have repeatedly held, Fed.R.Crim.P. 30 means what it says.”
• three searches of curbside trash upheld