United States v. Conley

OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from an order entered by the district judge suppressing evidence obtained by police pursuant to a search warrant. The district court concluded that the search warrant was not supported by probable cause and suppressed from evidence the fruits of the search, 813 F.Supp. 372. Because we find that the district court applied an unduly narrow standard for evaluating probable cause, and the search warrant is supported by probable cause, we will reverse.

I

On September 23, 1988, members of the City of Pittsburgh Police Department…