Court Opinion

ID: 9506017
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 20:36:50.730443+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:37.926848
License: Public Domain

BROWN, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
In conceding the falsity of the four challenged statements and declining to contest the District Court’s determination that there was insufficient evidence to show probable cause of an illegal gambling operation, the government’s nervy litigation strategy has made this a far closer case than it might otherwise have been. I write only to emphasize that while the government ultimately prevails, its victory should be looked upon as a warning, not an invitation. We have found probable cause by only a hair’s breadth. Efforts to establish probable cause based on affidavits less substantial than the corrected and qualified affidavit now before this Court are unlikely to inch over the threshold.