United States v. Petruk, No. 17-3823 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and sentence for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The court held that the affidavits supporting each of the GPS warrant applications provided probable cause to believe that defendant was involved in methamphetamine trafficking and that the location data from the vehicles would lead to evidence of that trafficking. Furthermore, the applications were not stale. Therefore, the warrants were supported by probable cause and there was no basis for disturbing defendant's convictions or his revocation of supervised release.
Court Description: Kelly, Author, with Loken and Colloton, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. Warrant applications to place GPS trackers on defendant's cars were supported by probable cause to believe defendant was involved in methamphetamine trafficking and that evidence of his vehicles' locations would lead to evidence of trafficking; evidence in the applications was not stale; evidence to search a car was supported by sufficient information for a judge to conclude there was a reasonable probability that evidence of drug-trafficking would be found in the vehicle; the district court did not err in denying defendant's motion to suppress the evidence seized under four different warrants.
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