Court Opinion

ID: 9495632
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:07:34.522137+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:57:07.914022
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MOORE, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
Although I concur in the majority’s opinion, I note that this is a close case. The record is silent whether Tony Haas knew that he would be named in the affidavit in support of the search warrant, and the affidavit does not attest to Haas’s reliability. Sheriff Fee’s corroboration consisted of the wholly innocent facts of the location and ownership of the property. Were it not for this court’s en banc opinion in United States v. Allen, 211 F.3d 970 (6th Cir.2000) (en banc), and its endorsement of United States v. Pelham, 801 F.2d 875 (6th Cir.1986), I would conclude that the affidavit was insufficient. Bound as I am by Allen and Pelham, I concur.