Nicholson v. United States

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