A local officer assigned to an IRS task force is a \u201cfederal law enforcement officer\u201d for Rule 41 to seek warrants. Defense counsel wasn\u2019t ineffective for not making an unmeritorious argument. United States v. Jackson, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 223799 (D.Md. Dec, 1, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state officer corroborated that a man with the street name \u201cCrazy\u201d was defendant, and he investigated and learned a lot about him, enough to show probable cause. The fact the initial CI didn\u2019t do a drug transaction with defendant wasn\u2019t required. United States v. McKinney, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 223897 (N.D. Okla. Dec. 1, 2020).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A local officer assigned to an IRS task force is a \u201cfederal law enforcement officer\u201d for Rule 41 to seek warrants. Defense counsel wasn\u2019t ineffective for not making an unmeritorious argument. United States v. Jackson, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 223799 … Continue reading