United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a motion to suppress evidence seized by police officers, upon entering a third-party residence pursuant to an arrest warrant for defendant, is reversed where the district court failed to equate the "reason to believe" standard with the "probable cause" standard.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2002
• Decided 12/31/2002
• Published 12/31/2002

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge., Before: PREGERSON, THOMPSON, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen D. Lemish, El Cajon, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Steven F. Miller, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.