After the arrest of two confederates for passing counterfeit checks and they attempted to flee, a hotel receipt was found on one, and the police went to the hotel and found two others loading a car with a computer, printer, and other stuff from a hotel luggage cart. The police had probable cause that the stuff on the luggage cart and in the car was associated with the counterfeit check scheme, so the seizure was valid. United States v. Allen, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23450 (E.D. Ark. February 17, 2012).* [I had one of the co-defendants arrested elsewhere.]<\/p>\n
Defendant has the burden of showing that there was no probable cause for issuance of a search warrant, and there was. The probable cause was not stale. United States v. Carter, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23696 (W.D.Pa. February 24, 2012).*<\/p>\n
Defendant\u2019s guilty plea was a waiver of the search issue anyway. Gibson v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23672 (E.D. Mo. February 24, 2012).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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