D.Md.: Local officer assigned to federal task force is a “federal law enforcement officer” for Rule 41

A local officer assigned to an IRS task force is a “federal law enforcement officer” for Rule 41 to seek warrants. Defense counsel wasn’t ineffective for not making an unmeritorious argument. United States v. Jackson, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 223799 (D.Md. Dec, 1, 2020).

The state officer corroborated that a man with the street name “Crazy” was defendant, and he investigated and learned a lot about him, enough to show probable cause. The fact the initial CI didn’t do a drug transaction with defendant wasn’t required. United States v. McKinney, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 223897 (N.D. Okla. Dec. 1, 2020).*

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