UNITED STATES v. MORTON

No. 19-10842.

984 F.3d 421 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian Matthew MORTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed January 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amber Michelle Grand , Attorney, Leigha Amy Simonton , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brandon Elliott Beck , Federal Public Defender's Office, Northern District of Texas, Lubbock, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Jolly, Southwick, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether the good faith exception to the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule allows officers to search the photographs on a defendant's cellphones for evidence of drug possession, when the affidavits supporting the search warrants were based only on evidence of personal drug...

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