United States v. Jones, No. 11-3104 (10th Cir. 2012)
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Defendant-Appellant Bruce M. Jones, II appealed a district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence. He sought to suppress all evidence that Kansas law enforcement obtained from searches of his residence and vehicle pursuant to search warrants issued by a Kansas state court, including multiple marijuana plants. Defendant contended that officers of the Missouri State Highway Patrol violated his Fourth Amendment rights when the officers: (1) engaged him in an accusatory conversation outside of his residence in Kansas City, Kansas; (2) later took his driver's license; and (3) then entered his residence without a warrant or consent. Defendant argued that the information that the Missouri officers obtained from their Fourth Amendment violations provided the essential foundation for the Kansas search warrants issued for his residence and vehicle. Without this tainted information, Defendant argued that the warrants lacked probable cause to support the searches. After thorough review of the district court record, the Tenth Circuit rejected all of Defendant's contentions on appeal and affirmed the order denying suppression of the evidence.
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