Opinion ID: 576300
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Searches Pursuant to Warrants

Text: 25 In reviewing the magistrate's decision that probable cause existed, we are limited to the information contained within the four corners of the affidavits supporting the application for the search warrant. United States v. Stanert, 762 F.2d 775, 778 (9th Cir.), amended, 769 F.2d 1410 (1985). The redacted affidavits in this case contained even less proof than that known to the agents who seized the residence, and thus were deficient for the same reasons as discussed above. 4 We therefore find that the magistrate's determination that sufficient probable cause existed to issue the warrant was clearly erroneous. 26 This, however, does not automatically require suppression. Under United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 922, 104 S.Ct. 3405, 3420, 82 L.Ed.2d 677 (1984), evidence will not be suppressed if the government acted in good faith--i.e., if the agents' reliance on the warrant was objectively reasonable. Because the reasonableness of the agent's reliance on the facially valid search warrant was not addressed in the trial court, we remand for a hearing on this issue. 5