Opinion ID: 590903
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Heading: D. of Dawn Wood

Text: Misc. photos Keys to Honda motorcycle 5 Dark attache case containing McDonalds management material A McDonald's Uniform Duffle Bag Handgun 6 Workboot of similar design to plaster casts 7 Other evidence relating to the commission of a crime 8 (emphasis added). A Bennington County District Court Judge issued a warrant that day authorizing the search for and seizure of 9 1 Burgundy purse, 1 burgundy shoulder bag, credit cards, personal papers, and ID of Dawn Wood. Misc. photos, keys to Honda motorcycle, dark attache case containing McDonalds management material, McDonalds uniform Handgun, workboot of similar design to plaster cast, any other evidence relating to the commission of a crime 10 (emphasis added). 11 The warrant was executed during the afternoon of the same day by local and state police officers. Officer Brickell was one of those officers. During the search the police seized four items: an Ithaca 12 gauge shotgun, boots, a clock and .22 ammunition. The 12 gauge shotgun served as the basis of a federal grand jury indictment on February 20, 1991 charging LaJoice with possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(e)(1). The same indictment charged defendants George and Johnson-Sherman with this count, as well as controlled substance violations. These two defendants are not before us on this appeal. 12 On May 15, 1991 LaJoice moved to suppress all evidence seized during the search. On August 19 the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Billings, C.J.) granted the motion, finding that the warrant failed to satisfy the particularity requirement of the Fourth Amendment and was so facially deficient the executing officers could not reasonably have relied upon it in good faith. The United States appeals. Although we are in general agreement with the district court's conclusions, the plain view argument raised by the government that could justify admission of the shotgun was not reached or decided by the trial court. Hence, we remand.