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State cops get a warrant for guy's phone, and find child porn. But the warrant is invalid, so that's suppressed and the case dropped. FBI then gets a new warrant, based on results of the earlier, invalid search.
Fourth Am. issue?
7th Cir.: Sounds like good faith, so it's fine.
Fourth Am. issue?
7th Cir.: Sounds like good faith, so it's fine.
The court's finding of good faith rests in part on the assumption that the FBI didn't know about the earlier state prosecution and suppression ruling, which is a surprisingly credulous view of the relationship between state and federal law enforcement.
Here's the decision: media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExe…
