{"id":45026,"date":"2020-08-22T07:31:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T12:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=45026"},"modified":"2020-08-22T07:31:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T12:31:56","slug":"w-d-tex-whether-defense-counsel-should-file-a-motion-to-suppress-is-strategic-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=45026","title":{"rendered":"W.D.Tex.: Whether defense counsel should file a motion to suppress is strategic decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cA decision of whether or not to file a motion to suppress is a strategic choice of counsel.\u201d  Here, there was no factual basis to file a motion to suppress. Waters v. United States, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147764 (W.D. Tex. Aug. 17, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The affidavit for search warrant showed plenty of probable cause. The affidavit also justified a no-knock provision because it established reasonable grounds to think that the defendant might be armed and involved in drug trafficking. <a href=\"http:\/\/media.ca1.uscourts.gov\/pdf.opinions\/18-1465P-01A.pdf\">United States v. Adams<\/a>, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 26157 (1st Cir. Aug. 18, 2020).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA decision of whether or not to file a motion to suppress is a strategic choice of counsel.\u201d Here, there was no factual basis to file a motion to suppress. Waters v. United States, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147764 (W.D. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=45026\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ineffective-assistance","category-knock-and-announce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45027,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45026\/revisions\/45027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}