United States v. Friend, No. 19-3225 (8th Cir. 2021)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained through the government's interception of his wire and electronic communications. The court concluded that, even if the court orders authorizing the interceptions were insufficient, suppression of evidence is not warranted, because investigators reasonably relied in good faith on the court orders. The court explained that, given the state of the law in 2014, and even today in light of United States v. Brunson, 968 F.3d 325 (4th Cir. 2020), it was objectively reasonable for investigators to rely on the court orders at issue to intercept defendant's communications.
Court Description: [Per Curiam - Before Gruender, Wollman, and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. Anders case. Sentence imposed upon the revocation of defendant's supervised release was not an abuse of the district court's discretion.
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