Court Opinion

ID: 9802901
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 15:05:48.760219+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:02:23.736938
License: Public Domain

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
It is a close call whether Agent Nocera’s independent corroboration of the informant’s tips, in combination with the other information included in the affidavit, was sufficient to support a finding of probable cause. I do not reach a conclusion on whether probable cause existed to support the warrant, however, because I agree that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies. Accordingly, I concur in the lead opinion with respect to the discussion of the good-faith exception in Part II, the Franks issue in Part III, and the sentencing issue in Part IV.