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  • May 31, 2019
    decided Decision issued in United States v. Tyrone Christian

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Lead opinion Author not recorded May 31, 2019

ROGERS, Circuit Judge. *308Based on a five-page-long search-warrant affidavit-which included evidence from a confidential informant and other sources, a controlled buy, and direct police-officer surveillance-a magistrate determined that there was probable cause to search 618 Grandville Avenue, Tyrone Christian's home, for evidence of drug traff…

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Opinion By John M. Rogers May 31, 2019

RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit I.O.P. 32.1(b) File Name: 19a0111p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ┐ Plaintiff-Appellee, │ │…

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Concurrence Author not recorded May 31, 2019

THAPAR, Circuit Judge, concurring. I concur in the majority opinion. There was probable cause to search Tyrone Christian's house, and, at the very least, the officers executed that search in good faith. But because of our precedent, we must ignore critical evidence of which the officers undisputedly knew and isolate the good-faith analysis to the four corners of the affidavit. See United States v. Laughton , <…

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