Legal Opinion
United States v. Moore
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 22, 2011No. 11-5663PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Elcardo Moore was convicted in the District Court for the Western District of Tennessee after pleading guilty to *311two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). On appeal, he argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence, because the search warrant used to seize the firearms was invalid and the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule does not apply. The Government acknowledged at oral argument that the affidavit supporting the warrant was imperfect:
[T]his was not a model…
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