U.S. v. MADRID

No. 97-3959.

152 F.3d 1034 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rene MADRID, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jana C. Werner, Santa Fe, New Mexico, argued, for Appellant.

Kandice A. Wilcox, Assistant United States Attorney, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, argued, for Appellee.

Before LOKEN, GODBOLD, and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Rene Madrid appeals his drug convictions, arguing that evidence seized from his house was the fruit of an illegal search and was improperly received under the inevitable discovery doctrine. Because we decline to extend the inevitable discovery doctrine to the facts of this case, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

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On August 9, 1996, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Mid-Iowa Drug Task...

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