\u201cUltimately, the Court need not decide which side of the Ramirez-Merriweather line [of probable cause] this case falls. It suffices to say that, especially because the search warrant affidavit makes no mention of any communications involving Jackson’s cell phone, it is close to falling on the wrong side, and that, in the future, an affidavit should contain more. The Court need not make the close call, though, because the Court finds that the government acted in good faith in relying on the warrant.\u201d United States v. Lavallis, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14714 (E.D. Mich. Jan. 27, 2021).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defendant had no reasonable expectation of privacy when he was standing in the driveway of his girlfriend\u2019s house. The fact he spent several nights a week there didn\u2019t add anything. He also didn\u2019t have an expectation of privacy in her car. United States v. Luckey, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15306 (E.D. Ill. Jan. 27, 2021).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cUltimately, the Court need not decide which side of the Ramirez-Merriweather line [of probable cause] this case falls. It suffices to say that, especially because the search warrant affidavit makes no mention of any communications involving Jackson’s cell phone, it … Continue reading