In prosecution on drug and firearms offenses, Dist. Ct. did not err in denying defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized at home of defendant’s girlfriend, where police made said search pursuant to warrant. While warrant did not establish that defendant lived at girlfriend’s apartment, warrant still contained other facts (i.e. defendant drove girlfriend’s car for each of four controlled drug purchases, girlfriend’s car was parked outside her apartment after three of said controlled drug purchases, defendant exited girlfriend’s car and entered her apartment after one controlled purchase, and defendant drove girlfriend’s car to her apartment after two of four controlled purchases) that established probable that police might find evidence of drug proceeds at girlfriend’s apartment. Ct. further found that good-faith exception to exclusionary rule applied, where police who conducted instant search relied upon issuance of warrant in good faith.
Federal 7th Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Search and Seizure