Legal Opinion
United States v. Gifford
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 13, 2013No. 12-2186PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns the sufficiency of a search warrant affidavit in establishing probable cause to search defendant-appellee Paul Gifford’s (“Gifford”) home for a marijuana grow operation. The United States Government (“Government”) challenges the district court’s suppression of evidence seized from Gifford’s home, arguing that the search warrant affidavit did not omit information material to a probable cause determination. Since we find that the search warrant in fact contained reckless material omissions, and the properly reformed search warrant affidavit failed…
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