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W.D.Pa.: Warrant for address of controlled delivery was issued with PC

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A dog sniff of a postal package in Pittsburgh was conducted after Postal Inspectors there were alerted the package was coming by Postal Inspectors in Los Angeles, with a fictitious return address. A search warrant was prepared for the package, and then the address where the package was going. The SW was issued with probable cause, and, in any event, the good faith exception would apply. United States v. Morris, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57661 (W.D. Pa. June 10, 2010).* Defense counsel could not be ineffective for not challenging a search where there the defendant clearly had no standing. Hairston v. State, 2010 Mo. App. LEXIS 788 (June 11, 2010).* Defendant was stopped for a noisy exhaust, but the officer found that he had a suspended license...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).