Opinion ID: 172874
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: The combined weight of the crash pad evidence and the marijuana discovered in the Plaintiffs' apartment satisfies the Garrison standard.

Text: Standing alone, the Officers' crash pad evidence and the marijuana in plain view may not have been sufficient to justify the full extent of the detention and searches under the Fourth Amendment. However, taken together, that evidence establishes that the Officers reasonably believed that the Plaintiffs were connected to the illegal activity at the main residence until they completed all of the questioning. In reaching this conclusion, we acknowledge `the need to allow some latitude for honest mistakes that are made by officers in the dangerous and difficult process of making arrests and executing search warrants.' Harman I, 446 F.3d at 1083 (quoting Garrison, 480 U.S. at 87, 107 S.Ct. 1013). As such, although the investigation was less than model work, we cannot say the Officers' actions were plainly incompetent or knowing[] violations [of] the law. Malley, 475 U.S. at 341, 106 S.Ct. 1092. Because we hold that the Officers' detention and searches were reasonable, we need not address the Plaintiffs' third argument regarding the personal involvement of the Officers. [6]