Court Opinion

ID: 9477075
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:13:03.156155+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:40.501842
License: Public Domain

McKAY, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
I regretfully must dissent, but only from that portion of the panel opinion which concludes that there was probable cause to believe that the gun was connected with criminal behavior. Guns are common in American homes. While the court has recited a number of possible crimes at the scene, it has altogether failed to point to any probable nexus between them and the gun. If these disconnected recitations create probable cause as required by Arizona v. Hicks, — U.S.-, 107 S.Ct. 1149, 94 L.Ed.2d 347 (1987), then probable cause has ceased to have any significant meaning. It is the probable nexus that is missing. I would reverse.