{"id":44707,"date":"2020-07-27T08:09:30","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=44707"},"modified":"2020-07-27T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T13:14:09","slug":"caaf-devolution-of-m-r-e-311a-authority-is-a-functional-test-lt-col-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=44707","title":{"rendered":"CAAF: Devolution of M.R.E. 311(a) authority is a functional test; Lt.Col. overseas, and Maj. in charge of everything else"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Devolution of authority from a commanding officer at a military installation from one to the Executive Officer during a six month deployment is governed by a functional analysis under M.R.E. 311(a). Here, the Major had authority in the absence of the Lt.Col., and the search was authorized. Thus, application of the good faith exception is moot. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armfor.uscourts.gov\/newcaaf\/opinions\/2019OctTerm\/190437.pdf\">United States v. Armendariz<\/a>, 2020 CAAF LEXIS 399 (July 20, 2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was probable cause for the search warrant, and good faith in any event. United States v. Gerace, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131606 (W.D. N.Y. June 26, 2020).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devolution of authority from a commanding officer at a military installation from one to the Executive Officer during a six month deployment is governed by a functional analysis under M.R.E. 311(a). Here, the Major had authority in the absence of &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=44707\">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":[20,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-probable-cause","category-warrant-requirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44709,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44707\/revisions\/44709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}