CA8: Some evidence of nexus saves SW under GFE

Under the good faith exception, executing officers are entitled to rely on the magistrate judge’s nexus finding with some actual basis they can reasonably rely on, even if it technically might have been wrong. United States v. Barnes, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 24886 (8th Cir. Aug. 20, 2021).

Defense counsel wasn’t ineffective for not filing a motion to suppress that would not have prevailed. Reasonable suspicion here was based on collective knowledge defendant was involved in a homicide, and then a gun with an extended magazine was seen in plain view. People v. Benn, 2021 Mich. App. LEXIS 4978 (Aug. 19. 2021).*

Overtinted windows was an adequate basis for defendant’s stop, even if pretextual. As to his Franks challenge of a motel room search warrant, “We need not decide whether Defendant has satisfied the first prong of this test, because the search warrant was adequately supported by probable cause without regard to the allegedly inaccurate statements.” United States v. Lucas, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 24883 (2d Cir. Aug. 20, 2021).*

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