Opinion ID: 2973647
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Objectively Reasonable Reliance

Text: In the district court, Hython argued that the third exception to the Leon good-faith rule ought to apply in this case, namely that the affidavit was so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to render official belief in its existence entirely unreasonable. The district judge disagreed: In this case, the defendant is charged with offenses which occurred on April 20, 2004, the same date the search warrant was issued. Although it is not stated in the affidavit, the affiant officer was aware of the fact that the purchase of crack cocaine described in the affidavit occurred on the same day that he applied for the search 1 The affidavit in this case, unlike the one in Laughton, does not establish the reliability of either the tipster or the female supplier, nor does it assert that they were patted down to make sure that they were not carrying drugs at the time of the controlled buy, in an effort to eliminate them as the potential source for the drugs. See Laughton, 409 F.3d at 746. 2 Hython also objected, for example, to the fact that the warrant was issued to search “all persons” at 241 South Fifth Street, which is a two-story residence, without any basis for establishing that all persons on the premises were likely to have evidence. Because we have invalidated the search on other grounds, consideration of this issue is not necessary to the resolution of this appeal. No. 05-3008 United States v. Hython Page 6 warrant. In light of this information, the officer could reasonably have believed that the warrant was not an invalid warrant based on stale information.