Probable cause evidence can be found in a particular place can be shown by inference, and direct evidence not required. United States v. Hayes, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45203 (E.D. Wis. Jan. 17, 2023),* adopted, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44211 (E.D. Wis. Mar. 16, 2023)*:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Seventh Circuit “has consistently held that, for a search warrant, probable cause ‘does not require direct evidence linking a crime to a particular place.’\u201d \u2026 “Rather, issuing judges may draw reasonable inferences about where evidence is likely to be found based on the nature of the evidence and the offense.” \u2026 “Thus, an affidavit submitted in support of a warrant application ‘need only contain facts that, given the nature of the evidence sought and the crime alleged, allow for a reasonable inference that there is a fair probability that evidence will be found in a particular place.'” \u2026 For example, the Seventh Circuit has recognized that, “[i]n the case of drug dealers, evidence is likely to be found where the dealers live.” \u2026<\/p>
Accordingly, the issue here is whether Officer Stachula’s affidavits provided sufficient information suggesting a fair probability that evidence of a crime would be found within the three properties. I find that they did.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Probable cause evidence can be found in a particular place can be shown by inference, and direct evidence not required. United States v. Hayes, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45203 (E.D. Wis. Jan. 17, 2023),* adopted, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44211 … Continue reading →<\/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":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54543","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=54543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54544,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54543\/revisions\/54544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}