United States Sixth Circuit

In a drug prosecution, suppression of evidence found in a warrantless search is affirmed where the Fourth Amendment prohibits the warrantless search of a private home to investigate minor offenses, such as this one, that do not pose any threat of imminent violence or result in an ongoing injury to the community.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/22/2009
• Published 07/22/2009

Judges

• Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge;  and BATCHELDER and COOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Daniel S. Goodman, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Richard W. Smith-Monahan, Federal Public Defender's Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Daniel S. Goodman, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Richard W. Smith-Monahan, Federal Public Defender's Office, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.