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193381P.pdf 10/01/2020 United States v. Ryan Thompson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-3381
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
[PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Erickson and Stras, Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The state court GPS vehicle warrants were
supported by probable cause; even if the warrants lacked probable cause,
the Leon good-faith exception would apply as the officer had an
objectively reasonable belief that probable cause existed for the vehicle
warrants; probable cause was required for the cell phone orders but even
if the orders lacked probable cause, the good-faith exception applies; the
officer had probable cause to stop and search defendant's car him based on
the information gained through the investigation; once the officer found
heroin in the car, he had probable cause to arrest defendant; the district
court did not err in determining defendant's pre-Miranda statements were
admissible; his first statements were admissible because a person would
not reasonably believe he was in custody when they were made; the second
set of statements were admissible under the public-safety exception; the
third set of statements were voluntary and not in response to
interrogation and were admissible.