Court Opinion

ID: 9460369
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 21:48:11.236868+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:36:35.200246
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HEANEY, Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
I dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinion in United States v. Marihart, 472 F.2d 809, 816-817 (8th Cir. 1972).
I agree with the majority that the misrepresentations in Captain O’Keefe’s affidavit were not material. Thus, I do not believe that it is necessary to decide between the views expressed by the Seventh Circuit in United States v. Carmichael, 489 F.2d 983 (7th Cir. 1973), and the Fifth Circuit in United States v. Thomas, 489 F.2d 664 (5th Cir. 1973). That choice should be made when we are presented with a case in which that issue has some bearing on the outcome. However, because the majority has chosen to express its view at this point, I must state that I view the rule followed by the Fifth Circuit as the preferable one. Under that rule, it makes no difference whether the misrepresentations were intentional or innocent, if, in fact, they were material.