The 121 page affidavit for search warrant for evidence of drug trafficking was neither stale nor lacked nexus. Defendant\u2019s Franks challenge also fails for lack of a substantial preliminary showing. United States v. Briggs, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44653 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 10, 2021):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Franks standard does not require affiants to recite the entire history of events, convey every possible detail, or entertain every conceivable alternative explanation before applying for a search warrant. See Russo, 212 F.3d at 787 (“Merely because a fact would be of interest to a defense lawyer at trial does not render its omission subject to Franks.”). The reality is that “in many cases\u2026it is desirable for officers to provide the magistrate with a distilled version of the circumstances giving rise to probable cause.” Dempsey v. Bucknell University, 834 F.3d 457, 471 n.10 (3d Cir. 2016). Even if investigators had submitted the common-area security video along with the affidavit, it would have only further corroborated their account.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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