In a prosecution for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, denial of defendant’s motion to suppress is affirmed where: 1) the police officers acted in objective good faith reliance on a warrant; and 2) defendant has not rebutted that presumption, and the defendant has not shown that the affidavit was so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to make entirely unreasonable a belief that probable cause existed.     

Read US v. Elst, No. 09-1175

Appellate Information

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.Argued June 5, 2009Decided August 25, 2009

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Before Manion, Rovner, and Tinder, Circuit Judges Opinion by Tinder, Circuit Judge.

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