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U.S. v. PERKINS

No. 17-5908.

887 F.3d 272 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William Floyd PERKINS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 4, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Allen Roach, Jr. , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jennifer Niles Coffin , FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF EASTERN TENNESSEE, INC., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William Allen Roach, Jr. , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Knoxville, Tennessee, Terra L. Bay , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellant. Jennifer Niles Coffin , FEDERAL DEFENDER SERVICES OF EASTERN TENNESSEE, INC., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, BATCHELDER, and THAPAR, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

When the triggering event for a warrant did not occur, the government searched the defendant's house anyway. After the district court granted the defendant's motion to suppress, the government appealed. We affirm.

I.

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