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· 12/5/2011

United States v. Montieth

Citations

  • 662 F.3d 660
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 24078
  • 2011 WL 6016974

How courts have described this case

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

  • 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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