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203601P.pdf 01/06/2022 United States v. Kra Brooks
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 20-3601
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Central
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The record supported the district court's
implicit finding that disputed information in the search warrant affidavit
- discovery of bulk cash in defendant's carry-on luggage - was obtained by
TSA independent of any unlawful seizure by the police; redaction of the
information was not required; further, information in the affidavit that
defendant had seized baggage from the luggage carousel and fled the
airport on an earlier date was discovered independently of the police
detention; post-Miranda statements were properly included in the affidavit
even if the police officers' conduct at the airport was unlawful because
the statements were sufficiently disconnected from the unlawful seizure;
after redacting evidence that resulted from the airport detention, the
search warrant affidavit still contained sufficient information to
establish probable cause for a search of defendant's residence.