U.S. v. SPENCER

No. 06-3091.

530 F.3d 1003 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Emmett SPENCER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beverly G. Dyer, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs was A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender.

Matthew E. Price, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.


KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judge:

This is a Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule case. After finding Emmett Spencer in his car with drugs, the police obtained a search warrant from a D.C. Superior Court judge in order to search Spencer's house. The officers executed the warrant and seized heroin, firearms, ammunition, and cash. After he was indicted in U.S. District Court for various federal...

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