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223352P.pdf 12/14/2023 United States v. John Ralston
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-3352
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
[PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Melloy,
Circuit Judge]
Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court erred in concluding the
search of defendant's residence was saved by the Leon good-faith exception
as no reasonable officer would believe that there was a fair probability
that evidence of another man's burglaries would be found in defendant's
residence; the officers knew the men maintained separate residences on the
property and they offered little more than a hunch that defendant's
residence was being used to store property stolen by the other man.