{"id":64216,"date":"2026-06-12T11:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64216"},"modified":"2026-06-12T11:06:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:06:33","slug":"d-r-i-defense-attorneys-affidavit-for-franks-motion-was-insufficient-for-lack-of-personal-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64216","title":{"rendered":"D.R.I.: Defense attorney&#8217;s affidavit for Franks motion was insufficient for lack of personal knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The defense attorney\u2019s affidavit for defendant\u2019s Franks motion is insufficient because he had no direct knowledge. There was probable cause for the warrant. United States v. Rosario, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125981 (D.R.I. June 8, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protective sweep for a firearm where the defendant admitted having a gun inside was proper. Also, he was under surveillance for months and a search warrant would have issued if sought. United States v. Sayles, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125722 (D. Me. June 8, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s car had a tracking warrant, and then a plain view justified an automobile exception search. United States v. Cervantes, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126159 (S.D. Ohio June 8, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defense attorney\u2019s affidavit for defendant\u2019s Franks motion is insufficient because he had no direct knowledge. There was probable cause for the warrant. United States v. Rosario, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125981 (D.R.I. June 8, 2026). Protective sweep for a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64216\">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":[104,21,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-burden-of-pleading","category-franks-doctrine","category-protective-sweep"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64216","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=64216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64217,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64216\/revisions\/64217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}