I'm working through a ranking of evidence suppression issues. The metal tube ranks first under rule 3 with fentanyl suppressed, followed by the three-year photo search under rules 5 and 6 where the handgun photo gets suppressed. The firearm under the bed loses protection under the plain view doctrine since the officer was lawfully searching where a laptop might fit and the gun became immediately apparent with its serial removed. The staleness argument fails because there's ongoing sales activity with a recent February 18 ping.

On standing, Aaron can challenge both the home and phone searches even if others use the phone. For severability, suppressing the fentanyl and photo doesn't contaminate the laptops, shipping labels, or the communications within the lawful search window—and the under-bed handgun survives through its own lawful plain view discovery. The plea implications are significant: without the fentanyl the drug possession and distribution counts collapse, but the physical handgun under the bed with the obliterated serial still supports a firearm charge independent of the suppressed photo evidence.

The real leverage comes from killing the fentanyl count entirely, which eliminates any drug-trafficking-plus-firearm enhancement stacking and removes the drug mandatory minimum. This opens negotiation space to plead down to receiving stolen property or a firearm possession charge without the drug predicate. The fentanyl suppression also means the tube contents can't be justified as plain view since opening an opaque container wasn't lawful, and the warrant didn't list small items like memory cards to justify expanding the search.

The phone itself was properly listed in the warrant so it stays as evidence, and any lawful communications discovered remain admissible. But the photo review falls outside both the warrant categories and the time period, and there's no exception that covers encountering it during in-scope review. I should lead with the strongest arguments—the fentanyl and tube issues—and either drop or footnote the weaker claims like knock-and-announce to preserve credibility. I'll organize this with a strength ranking table and structure the motion around the metal tube suppression, the phone photo limits, and remaining phone restrictions, then request a hearing, digital forensic protocol review, and in limine relief.

On the plea side, supp