Fourth Amendment — unreasonable search warrant

Posted December 2, 2013 2:23 PM

Where a warrant is issued, if the evidence around a particular target of a search is so weak that official belief in the target’s validity is objectively unreasonable, then the good faith exception does not apply and any evidence seized in a search of the target should be suppressed. The Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, 4th Division, affirmed a decision by Cook County Circuit Judge Thomas M. Davy. On Oct. 20, 2009, a search warrant was issued to DEA Special Agent Thomas Asselborn. The warrant permitted …

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