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Typo in apartment number cured by asking complex manager

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Typographical error in the number of the apartment to be searched was found by the officers before execution, and they confirmed with the apartment complex manager which apartment was defendant's. During execution of a drug warrant, a police dog alerted to a safe which was removed and a separate warrant obtained for it. There was probable cause, and the good faith exception saves it anyway. United States v. Kingcade, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22943 (D. Wis. March 21, 2008).* A claim was stated against a private actor, the Recording Industry Association of America, for acting in concert with police allegedly without probable cause for plaintiff's arrest. Cerros v. N. Las Vegas Police Dep't, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22636 (D. Nev. February 28, 2008)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 26, 2008 (boomark / email).