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221408P.pdf 03/23/2023 United States v. Elmer Zahn
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-1408
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Northern
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Kelly and Kobes, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The exclusionary rule does not apply when an
officer reasonably believes there is an outstanding warrant for a person's
arrest and that belief turns out to be wrong because of a negligent
bookkeeping error by another police employee; there was no evidence here
that the error in failing to pull a warrant for defendant's arrest was the
result or reckless disregard of constitutional requirements.