{"id":55678,"date":"2023-08-26T11:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=55678"},"modified":"2023-08-26T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:24:33","slug":"tx5-upholds-geofence-warrant-on-pc-and-nexus-and-then-with-gfe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=55678","title":{"rendered":"TX5 upholds geofence warrant on PC and nexus, and then with GFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The geofence warrant here satisfied the requirements of both probable cause and the good faith exception. There aren\u2019t a lot of cases on geofence warrants, but those reaching the merits (and not just GFE) fully support the process here of narrowing down the cell phone of the person that could be involved in the crime. And, the good faith exception applies anyway. <a href=\"https:\/\/search.txcourts.gov\/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=e996e18c-e682-42ee-8ea8-bcf6782fe7e7&amp;MediaID=bcb03fa5-4c67-4ecb-8757-bbba198c2ce5&amp;coa=%22%20+%20this.CurrentWebState.CurrentCourt%20+%20@%22&amp;DT=Opinion\">Wells v. State<\/a>, 2023 Tex. App. LEXIS 6498 (Tex. App. \u2013 Dallas Aug. 23, 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officer\u2019s video shows justification for plaintiff\u2019s arrest (see Scott v. Harris). What happened off camera is less certain, but defendant gets qualified immunity for that. Brooks v. Miller, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 22092 (11th Cir. Aug. 22, 2023).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was reasonable suspicion for defendant\u2019s stop that rose to probable cause for a vehicle search. United States v. Crow, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147886 (E.D. Tenn. July 13, 2023).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cross-corroborating tips about a man with a knife threatening people justified defendant\u2019s stop. United States v. Denby, 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 148266 (D. Neb. Aug. 7, 2023).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The geofence warrant here satisfied the requirements of both probable cause and the good faith exception. There aren\u2019t a lot of cases on geofence warrants, but those reaching the merits (and not just GFE) fully support the process here of &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=55678\">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":[130,11,44,20,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geofence","category-good-faith-exception","category-informant-hearsay","category-probable-cause","category-reasonable-suspicion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55678","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=55678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55679,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55678\/revisions\/55679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}