United States Fourth Circuit

In grand jury indictment for conspiracy to distribute cocaine, order suppressing evidence seized pursuant to search warrants from the residences of drug conspiracy defendants is reversed and remanded where: 1) in light of legal precedent, the district court erroneously discounted special agent's assertion of training- and experience-based knowledge to tie defendants' drug trafficking activities to their residences; 2) the district court erred in refusing to apply the US v. Leon good faith exception in the criminal activity-dwelling nexus aspect of its suppression ruling; and 3) the district court erred in refusing to apply the Leon good faith exception in the defendant-dwelling nexus aspect of its suppression ruling.

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• Decided 12/03/2008
• Published 12/03/2008

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• United States Fourth Circuit

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