· 3/28/2002
United States v. Neering
Citations
- 194 F. Supp. 2d 620
- 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5470
- 2002 WL 480985
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a deputy magistrate not properly appointed to the position lacked authority to issue a warrant, rendering it void
- holding that a deputy magistrate not properly appointed to the position lacked authority to issue a warrant, rendering it void
- holding that a deputy magistrate who was not lawfully appointed lacked authority to issue warrants and that the search warrant was void as a matter of law
- suppression of evidence pursuant to a warrant that was void ab initio because the magistrate's appointment had not been properly completed
- “The Court concludes, therefore, that [the magistrate]’s lack of authority to issue the search warrant in this case rendered it void.”
- warrant issued by an official who was not properly appointed and therefore lacked issuing authority was void, and under Scott, the good-faith exception did not apply
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Judges: Lawson
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