United States v. Hurd

MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we consider the constitutionality of a search of a defendant’s residence pursuant to a search warrant signed by a judge who initialed portions of the search warrant describing the person and automobile of the defendant, but failed due to an “oversight” to initial the portion of the search warrant describing the defendant’s residence. Because an objective assessment of the circumstances surrounding the issuance of the warrant, the contents of the warrant, and the circumstances of the search clearly indicates that the residence was within the…