{"id":64673,"date":"2026-08-16T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64673"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:40:14","slug":"ca4-affidavit-for-sw-provided-neither-nexus-nor-timing-and-even-failed-gfe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64673","title":{"rendered":"CA4: Affidavit for SW provided neither nexus nor timing and even failed GFE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The affidavit for warrant here provided neither nexus nor timing to address 6740. As to all around it, yes, but not there. As to timing, as to the others, yes, but all the police had as to 6740 was 13-year-old information. It was all so lacking, the court spends nine paragraphs on why the good faith exception doesn\u2019t apply. United States v. Griffin<\/a>, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 24629 (4th Cir. Aug. 14, 2026):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Accordingly, the good-faith exception does not apply. The affidavit had no fresh physical evidence tying drugs to the 6740 residence. It had dates showing that the specific allegations related to the 6740 residence were stale or isolated. And it had an even weaker connection to the searched residence than the affidavit rejected in Cordova. There was not lacking indicia of probable cause such that no reasonably well-trained officer could rely on a single fact contained in the affidavit that would allow a reasonable trained officer to believe drugs would be located in the 6740 residence at the time of the search. Indeed, as discussed in footnote 4, the facts here may not even have established reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, much less probable cause to arrest anyone or to search a home. Because the affidavit’s facts related to the 6740 residence were stale, its recent facts were merely described Kent Bottom generally, and its remaining facts showed only proximity and association, a reasonably well-trained officer would have known that the warrant failed to establish probable cause to search the 6740 residence.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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