Violation of state statutes or rules in issuing search warrants is not a Fourth Amendment issue. And, nexus was shown: \u201cSo interpreting the affidavit, and based on the totality of the circumstances including the role cell phones generally play in drug trafficking, the officers’ successful arrangement of a meeting with defendant, the realistic means by which officers would have obtained the number (namely, the confidential informant), the affiant’s identification of Verizon Wireless specifically as the subscriber and description of the number as assigned to defendant, the magistrate judge could reasonably infer a connection between defendant and the number identified.\u201d United States v. Harper, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70262 (E.D.N.C. Apr. 18, 2022).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defense counsel wasn\u2019t ineffective for not challenging the search of the delinquent\u2019s backpack because it was valid as search incident. In re M.G.<\/a>, 2022 IL App (4th) 210679, 2022 Ill. App. LEXIS 186 (Apr. 18, 2022).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n Defense counsel\u2019s failure to attack his indictment for evidence obtained by a search warrant allegedly obtained without a proper notary seal on the affidavit doesn\u2019t state a claim under 2255. Amalfitano v. United States, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70906 (M.D.Fla. Apr. 18, 2022).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n The government\u2019s delay in presenting defendants in court under Rule 5 because they were arrested 1,334 nautical miles from Miami and it took nine days to get to port wasn\u2019t unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. United States v. Barros, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70917 (S.D.Fla. Apr. 17, 2022).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Violation of state statutes or rules in issuing search warrants is not a Fourth Amendment issue. And, nexus was shown: \u201cSo interpreting the affidavit, and based on the totality of the circumstances including the role cell phones generally play in … Continue reading