{"id":65159,"date":"2026-11-09T17:43:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T22:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65159"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:43:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T22:43:19","slug":"ca11-franks-motion-properly-denied-for-lack-of-an-offer-of-proof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65159","title":{"rendered":"CA11: Franks motion properly denied for lack of an offer of proof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Franks motion properly denied for lack of an offer of proof. <a href=\"https:\/\/media.ca11.uscourts.gov\/opinions\/pub\/files\/202414034.pdf\">United States v. Adams<\/a>, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 34035 (11th Cir. Nov. 5, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNor was the affidavit required to establish that officers personally observed Thompson enter or leave the apartment. \u2018The critical element in a reasonable search is not that the owner of the property is suspected of crime but that there is reasonable cause to believe that specific things to be searched for and seized are located on the property to which entry is sought.\u2019 \u2026 Accordingly, we reject Thompson\u2019s argument that the affidavit failed to establish that the transaction occurred at Apartment G-8.\u201d And the good faith exception is moot. Thompson v. State, 2026 Ark. App. 535 (Nov. 4, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s vehicle left parked in an HOV lane was properly impounded and then inventoried. United States v. Horsley, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 254209 (N.D. Tex. Nov. 5, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franks motion properly denied for lack of an offer of proof. United States v. Adams, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 34035 (11th Cir. Nov. 5, 2026). \u201cNor was the affidavit required to establish that officers personally observed Thompson enter or leave &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=65159\">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":[74,21,39,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-caretaking-function","category-franks-doctrine","category-inventory","category-probable-cause"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65159","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=65159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65160,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65159\/revisions\/65160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}