United States v. Davis, No. 13-2285 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant conditionally plead guilty to possessing marijuana with intent to distribute and appealed the denial of his motion to suppress evidence found during a warrant search of his apartment. The court concluded that the exclusionary rule did not apply to preclude use of the evidence in the search warrant application where the officers reasonably relied on binding circuit precedent in conducting a dog sniff outside the door of the apartment at issue. Therefore, the warrant was valid and defendant's motion to suppress was properly denied. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
Court Description: Criminal case - Criminal law. At the time the officers subjected the front door of defendant's apartment to a warrantless drug dog sniff, such conduct was lawful under this Circuit's precedents, and the exclusionary rule did not apply to preclude use of that evidence in a search warrant application.
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