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Parties Involved:
Dale Paul Keyser
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-50984

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

DALE PAUL KEYSER, also known as Paul Dale Keyser, also known as Dale 

Keyser, also known as Dale P. Keyser,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 5:11-CR-47-1

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Dale Paul Keyser was convicted of one count of possessing child 

pornography and one count of failing to register as a sex offender, and the 

district court sentenced him to serve 125 months in prison and a 40-year term 

of supervised release. In this appeal, Keyser challenges the denial of his 

motion to suppress. He argues that the affidavit offered in support of the 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

November 2, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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warrant to search his home did not give rise to probable cause because it 

contained stale, generic information.

In analyzing the denial of a suppression motion, we review factual 

findings for clear error and the ultimate constitutionality of law enforcement 

action de novo. United States v. Allen, 625 F.3d 830, 834 (5th Cir. 2010). When 

reviewing a district court’s denial of a defendant’s motion to suppress when a 

search warrant is involved, we use a two-step inquiry. Allen, 625 F.3d at 834. 

First, we ask whether the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies 

and, second, whether the issuing magistrate had a substantial basis for 

concluding that probable cause existed. Id. If the good faith exception applies, 

then no further analysis is conducted, and the district court’s denial of the 

motion to suppress will be affirmed. Id.

Our review of the record and pertinent jurisprudence supports the 

district court’s conclusion that the information in the warrant was not stale. 

See Allen, 625 F.3d at 841-43. Jurisprudence also supports the conclusion that 

the affidavit contained information providing “a substantial basis to conclude 

that evidence of criminal activity would be found at” Keyser’s home. See 

United States v. Perez, 484 F.3d 735, 738-40 (5th Cir. 2007). Keyser has not 

shown that the affidavit underlying the warrant contained stale information, 

nor has he shown that this information was not specific to him. The good faith 

exception applies, and we need not conduct any further analysis. See Allen, 

625 F.3d at 834. 

AFFIRMED.

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