United States v. Barbara Fama

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the fact that a suspect’s “innocent explanation may be consistent with the facts alleged [] does not negate probable cause” to arrest
• suggesting that size of narcotics trafficking scheme may be factor relevant to probability that contraband will be located at trafficker's residence
• issue is “whether under the circumstances a reasonably well-trained officer would have held an objectively reasonable belief that there was probable cause to search”
• “[a]n agent’s expert opinion is an important factor to be considered by the judge reviewing a warrant application”
• “The fact that an innocent explanation may be consistent with the facts alleged ... does not negate probable cause.”
• agent’s expert opinion as to where criminals likely to keep evidence of their illegal activity is an important factor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).