{"id":64787,"date":"2026-09-13T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64787"},"modified":"2026-09-13T12:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:12:55","slug":"ca11-possession-of-firearm-in-high-crime-area-not-rs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64787","title":{"rendered":"CA11: Possession of firearm in high crime area not RS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Possession of a firearm in one\u2019s pocket in an open carry state is not reasonable suspicion. Being in a high crime area adds nothing to that. <a href=\"https:\/\/media.ca11.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/pub\/files\/202311857.pdf\">United States v. Joseph<\/a>, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 27723 (11th Cir. Sep. 9, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, the CI\u2019s information about defendant\u2019s travel was corroborated by Flock camera readings. United States v. Robertson, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 203090 (N.D. Iowa Sep. 9, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigating officer tied hard to ascertain defendant\u2019s address connecting him to a place to be searched, and he could rely on a social media post listing it as home, even though public databases put him elsewhere (but that was old information). There was no false information for Franks, and the totality showed a reasonable inference of location. United States v. Staples, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 203036 (D. Nev. July 21, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possession of a firearm in one\u2019s pocket in an open carry state is not reasonable suspicion. Being in a high crime area adds nothing to that. United States v. Joseph, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 27723 (11th Cir. Sep. 9, 2026). &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64787\">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":[44,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informant-hearsay","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64787","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=64787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64788,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64787\/revisions\/64788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}