Opinion ID: 604566
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Heading: Whether the Search Warrant Was Stale

Text: 3 Flockhart contends that the information in the search warrant affidavit was stale because it described events over a period of six months before the warrant was executed. He claims, therefore, that there was no probable cause. 4 We have recognized that with respect to drug trafficking, probable cause may continue for several weeks, if not months, of the last reported instance of suspect activity. United States v. Angulo-Lopez, 791 F.2d 1394, 1399 (9th Cir.1986). We routinely uphold findings of probable cause where there is evidence of drug trafficking activity for long periods of time. See, e.g., United States v. Greany, 929 F.2d 523, 525 (9th Cir.1991) (two year old information was not stale). Moreover, the court specifically relied on the October 12, 1990 taped telephone conversation in which Edgington and Lloyd planned a transaction involving three kilograms of cocaine for October 14, 1990, the date of the arrests and search of Flockhart's residence. Flockhart's contention that there was no probable cause because the information in the affidavit was stale has no basis in either the facts of this case or the law. 5