D.C. Circuit· 4/16/2010

United States v. Becton

Citations

601 F.3d 588
390 U.S. App. D.C. 167
2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 7855
2010 WL 1508065

How courts have described this case

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finding that “[t]he Government’s omission of information that a previous search had yielded incriminating information did not make its affidavit infirm”
applying the Rules 401 and 403 abuse of discretion standard when reviewing if evidence was intrinsic to the charged crime
applying the Rules 401 and 403 abuse of discretion standard when reviewing if evidence was intrinsic to the charged crime
finding “the Government’s failure to disclose certain information bearing on the credibility of two confidential sources” unproblematic where the inclusion of that additional information “was [not] material” and “would not have defeated] probable cause” (internal quotation marks omitted)
failure to disclose information on two confidential sources’ credibility would not have defeated probable cause
“[E]ven if the omitted information concerning [two confidential sources] completely undermined their credibility such that the information relating to them was deemed unreliable and struck entirely from the affidavit, [defendant] does not show that probable cause would have been defeated.”

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Judges: Rogers, Griffith, Edwards

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