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212477P.pdf   03/10/2023  United States  v.  Donell Hines
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-2477
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Kelly and Grasz, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The drug dog sniffs in this case were 
   conducted in reasonable reliance on binding Eighth Circuit precedent and 
   evidence seized pursuant to a warrant obtained in reliance on the dog's 
   alerts was admissible as the officers were acting in good faith under Leon 
   - see U.S. v. Perez, 46 F.4th 691 (8th Cir. 2022); Franks hearing argument 
   rejected; the officers posed simple questions to defendant before they 
   read him his Miranda rights in order confirm his identity and ensure 
   officer safety, and his answers to those questions were admissible. Judge 
   Kelly, concurring. Judge Grasz, concurring.