United States v. Knox

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Jemel Knox was indicted in 2014 on one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon under 18 U.S.C. § 922 (g)(1). He moved to suppress the firearm that formed the basis for this charge as the product of an unconstitutional search.

The firearm had been seized during the execution of a search and arrest warrant issued by a Kansas state magistrate. The district court held that although there was insufficient evidence of probable cause to justify the warrant, the officers executing the warrant were entitled to rely in good faith on the magistrate's probable…