United States v. John Doe A/K/A Ed, A/K/A Edward Carr

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question whether an arrest warrant containing a constitutionally insufficient description of a suspect is cured if the law-enforcement agent who executes the warrant has independent personal knowledge that the arrestee is the person for whom the warrant was intended. We hold that the warrant is not so cured; that an arrest requiring a noneonsensual entry into the suspect’s home and made on the strength of the defective warrant is void; and that the district court erred in denying motions to suppress evidence obtained as a…