United States Ninth Circuit

In a prosecution for obstruction of justice for the defendant's failure to disclose the full extent of his knowledge regarding the mailing of a letter that could reasonably be believed to constitute an attempt at voter intimidation, the district court's denial of the defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained pursuant to a search warrant is affirmed, where the contents of the letter and the circumstances of its distribution were sufficient to allow the magistrate to conclude that there was a fair probability that the mailing constituted a violation of California Election Code section 18540.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2012
• Published 03/23/2012

Judges

• Reinhardt

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• H. Dean Stewart, Erin H. Flynn