Legal Opinion
United States v. Barbara Fama
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 27, 1985No. 626, Docket 84-1369PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MESKILL, Circuit Judge:
In this expedited appeal, the United States challenges that part of an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Sifton, J., that suppressed evidence seized from appellee’s home on September 6, 1984 pursuant to a search warrant. The district judge ruled that the warrant was invalid for lack of probable cause. Moreover, he found the accompanying affidavit too weak to support a reasonable, official belief in the existence of probable cause.
We disagree. While we acknowledge that a creditable probable cause question is raised, we do not…
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