United States v. Danhauer

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the good-faith exception applied where defendant alleged no prior constitutional violation, but only insufficient probable cause for the warrant
• concluding that good-faith exception applied where officer took steps to investigate informant’s allegation even though affidavit did not reveal informant’s basis of knowledge or adequately verify informant’s allegations
• noting that probable cause requires “facts sufficient to lead a prudent person to believe that a search would uncover contraband or evidence of criminal activity”
• stating that the application of the good- faith exception presents a question of law, which the court reviews de novo
• looking outside the affidavit to consider steps the officer took to investigate the informant’s allegations
• describing suppression court’s responsibility as to review the “underlying documents” to determine whether they meet the Leon standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).