· 12/5/2011
United States v. Montieth
Citations
- 662 F.3d 660
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 24078
- 2011 WL 6016974
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- After being followed, detained, and returned to his home, Montieth helped officers find “mari- juana, firearms, and cash”
- After being followed, detained, and returned to his home, Montieth helped officers find “marijuana, firearms, and cash”
- probable cause established where warrant application detailed defendant’s “several drug offenses” in addition to trash pull evidence
- “A warrant is constitutionally sound when issued by a natural magistrate and supported by probable cause.”
- “[T]o require that the affiant amass every piece of conceivable evidence before seeking a warrant is to misunderstand the burden of probable cause.”
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Judges: Wilkinson, Shedd, Agee
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