United States v. Ransfer, No. 12-12956 (11th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendants were convicted of sixteen counts of Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. 1951, conspiracy, and use and carrying of firearms during the commission of a violent crime. The court held that the good faith reliance exception to the exclusionary rule under Davis v. United States applied to this case because the officers' conduct comported with clear, binding precedent that pre-dated the United States v. Jones opinion; the court affirmed the district court's denial of defendants' motion to suppress; the district court did not abuse its discretion in any of its evidentiary rulings; a reasonable trier of fact could have found Defendant Lowe of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, and the charges related to the other armed robberies at issue; and, because there was no evidence that Lowe took any action in furtherance of the Kendall CVS robbery, the court vacated his conviction on those counts and remanded for sentencing.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on April 14, 2014.
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