Opinion ID: 779885
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Heading: denial of oleson's motion for a suppression hearing

Text: 18 Oleson next contends the district court erred in denying his motion for a hearing on whether the warrant issued in his case was defective. In order to receive a hearing on a defective warrant issue, the defendant must make some preliminary showing that the warrant application contained false statements or omissions that were material to the finding of probable cause. Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154, 155-56, 98 S.Ct. 2674, 57 L.Ed.2d 667 (1978). 19 Oleson claims the government intentionally misled the issuing judge in its warrant application. He directs us to a portion of the application which states that he had a history of using drugs since 1986, and that Stacey Carroll-White had gone with Tracy Slycord to get drugs from Oleson at one time. Neither statement is actually false: Oleson had in fact been convicted of possession of marijuana in 1986, and Carroll-White had gone with Slycord to get drugs from Oleson once-she just stayed in the vehicle while the transaction took place. Moreover, neither of these statements is so misleading as to be considered false. 20 As to material omissions, Oleson claims that the application should have stated that some of the sources of the applicant's information-a confidential informant, Slycord, and Carroll-White-were facing criminal charges. However, a fair read of the application in its entirety makes this point clear. The application states that Slycord and Carroll-White's shared residence was raided on December 4, 1999, and that officers found a substantial amount of methamphetamine therein. It further states that the signing officer interviewed Carroll-White and Slycord two days later, on December 6. The issuing judge could reasonably infer that Carroll-White and Slycord were likely to face serious drug charges. 21 Moreover, even if the warrant application were corrected as Oleson suggests, probable cause would still exist to support its issuance. See United States v. Jacobs, 986 F.2d 1231, 1233-34 (8th Cir.1993) (holding that hearing on warrant's validity required only where defendant can show warrant would not have established probable cause if corrected). The district court did not err in denying Oleson a hearing on this matter. 22