United States v. Zayas-Diaz

CYR, Circuit Judge.

Juan Zayas-Diaz (“Zayas”) challenges two pivotal rulings underlying the district court’s refusal to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a warrant allegedly based on information that failed to connect Zayas to the search premises within a reasonably recent time frame. The court first determined, on the merits, that the affidavit supporting the warrant application contained adequate reliable information to connect Zayas to the search premises in the past. Next, the court bypassed the merits of the staleness claim and held the exclusionary rule inapplicable on the ground that…