In a prosecution for possession of child pornography, grant of defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a search of his home, as well as statements he made during the execution of the search warrant is reversed where: 1) even if probable cause did not support issuance of the warrant, the federal agent demonstrated a prima facie case of good faith by obtaining a warrant in the first instance; and 2) although there was some delay between the transmission of child pornography to defendant and the issuance of the warrant, the delay was not so great as to overcome the presumption of good faith, nor was there anything impermissible in including information related to the practices of child pornography “collectors” given that numerous images of child pornography were sent to defendant.
Read US v. Pappas, No. 09-1595
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Decided January 21, 2010
Judges
Before: Easterbrook. Chief Judge, Manion and Tinder, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Manion
You Don’t Have To Solve This on Your Own – Get a Lawyer’s Help
Civil Rights
Block on Trump’s Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Criminal
Judges Can Release Secret Grand Jury Records
Politicians Can’t Block Voters on Facebook, Court Rules
