United States v. Marcus L. Robertson
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Marcus Robertson appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Robertson claims that the warrant authorizing seizure of the evidence was too general, that no exception to the warrant requirement permitted the seizures, and that the government exceeded the scope of the warrant. We hold that the warrant was sufficiently particular and that the federal agents reasonably relied on the warrant even if it was too broad. However, we also hold that the agents wrongfully seized two items that were not covered by the warrant. We therefore…
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