{"id":64804,"date":"2026-09-16T10:44:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64804"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:44:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:44:46","slug":"e-d-mich-er-nurses-finding-shell-casing-in-defs-pants-was-private-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64804","title":{"rendered":"E.D.Mich.: ER nurse&#8217;s finding shell casing in def&#8217;s pants was private search"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defendant was in the ER and the hospital had his clothes. A spent shell casing was discovered in his pants by a nurse and it was turned over to the police. That was a private search. United States v. Young, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207457 (E.D. Mich. Sep. 14, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CI\u2019s information was predictive that a tracked package with a controlled substance would arrive at an address in Kenner. While under surveillance, the package arrived, and 20 minutes later, defendant showed up, went briefly inside, and left. That was reasonable suspicion for the stop. State v. Woods, 2026 La. App. LEXIS 1795 (La. App. 5 Cir Sep. 11, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was probable cause for the search warrant here, and it was not bare bones. Therefore, the good faith exception applies also. United States v. Jackson, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207087 (E.D. Mich. Sep. 14, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nexus was shown. \u201cAs the Government acknowledged at oral argument, the affidavit could have contained more detail on the tracking data. But the details included nonetheless establish a \u2018fair probability\u2019 that the evidence would be found there, and that is all that is required.\u201d United States v. Vongdala, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 207360 (W.D. Wash. Sep. 14, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant was in the ER and the hospital had his clothes. A spent shell casing was discovered in his pants by a nurse and it was turned over to the police. That was a private search. United States v. Young, &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64804\">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":[44,43,20,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-informant-hearsay","category-private-search","category-probable-cause","category-reasonable-suspicion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64804","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=64804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64805,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64804\/revisions\/64805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}