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· 3/28/1990

United States v. Rene Corral-Corral

Citations

  • 899 F.2d 927
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 4569
  • 1990 WL 33424

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that inclusion of an “innocent error” about the defendant’s address in the affidavit was insufficient to satisfy the defendant’s burden under Franks
  • holding it is unnecessary to reach the issue of whether the warrant was based on probable cause when Leon applies
  • stating that for the Leon exception, we do not require law enforcement officers to appreciate “‘constitutiónal intricacies’” under ‘“the standards applicable to lawyers’” (quoting United States v. Cardall, 773 F.2d 1128, 1133 (10th Cir. 1985))
  • \Courts frequently have relied on the expert opinion of officers in determining where contraband may be kept.\
  • “Probable cause undoubtedly requires a nexus between suspected criminal activity and the place to be searched.”
  • “This is not one of those ‘unusual’ cases where suppression of the evidence is appropriate to deter government misconduct.”

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Judges: Logan, Baldock, Phillips

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