U.S. v. Thompson

In prosecution on charge of possession of drugs with intent to distribute, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized from defendant’s home pursuant to search warrant. Although affidavit attached to warrant request failed to contain detailed facts to establish informant’s credibility, instant search of defendant’s home survived any motion to suppress, since good-faith exception applied where defendant failed to show that officer’s affidavit was materially inferior on informant credibility issue. Moreover, record showed that officer submitting affidavit had corroborated some information supplied by informant, and informant had some history of supplying information to police in another case that led to informant making controlled purchase of drugs on behalf of police.