Legal Opinion
United States v. Kevin Mendonsa
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1993No. 91-30413PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a conditional plea of guilty to drug offenses and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Mendonsa contests the order denying suppression of evidence obtained from his residence in the execution of a search warrant. He asserts that there was not probable cause for the issuance of the warrant, that there was not good faith in executing it, and that the officers violated the “knock and announce” requirement of 18 U.S.C. § 3109 (1988).
The issues in this appeal are: (1) whether there was sufficient probable cause for the search warrant based on an anonymous…
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