{"id":61422,"date":"2025-07-06T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=61422"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T13:13:10","slug":"ut-merely-possible-is-not-sufficient-for-inevitable-discovery-to-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=61422","title":{"rendered":"UT: Merely possible is not sufficient for inevitable discovery to apply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Merely possible is not sufficient for inevitable discovery to apply.  <a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.utcourts.gov\/opinions\/appopin\/State%20v.%20Abonza20250703_20241002_101.p\">State v. Abonza<\/a>, 2025 UT App 101, 2025 Utah App. LEXIS 102 (July 3, 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on collective knowledge, there was probable cause for defendant\u2019s stop. Morris v. State, 2025 Tex. App. LEXIS 4773 (Tex. App. \u2013 Ft. Worth July 3, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant doesn\u2019t have standing to challenge this car search, and the motion to reconsider is denied. United States v. Gaines, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 126894 (N.D. Ohio June 24, 2025).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legality of the warrantless search of defendant\u2019s cell phone while in his halfway house doesn\u2019t have to be decided because there was a subsequent warrant for it. United States v. Weste, 2025 U.S. App. LEXIS 16447 (5th Cir. July 3, 2025).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merely possible is not sufficient for inevitable discovery to apply. State v. Abonza, 2025 UT App 101, 2025 Utah App. LEXIS 102 (July 3, 2025). Based on collective knowledge, there was probable cause for defendant\u2019s stop. Morris v. State, 2025 &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=61422\">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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61422","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=61422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61423,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61422\/revisions\/61423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}