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Defendant was indicted for mail fraud for sending threatening letters. Investigators found threads under a stamp on the envelope. That and other things showed a nexus for a search warrant for defendant’s house. The fact that there had been a prior consent search did not mean that the police could not seek to come back if something had been overlooked. United States v. Carlson, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32734 (D. Minn. March 12, 2012), R&R 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32727 (D. Minn. February 7, 2012):

The prior consent search — during which no evidence was seized — is irrelevant. First, there is nothing to suggest the scope of the prior search was exactly the same as the search authorized by the warrant. Second, failure to find items during a prior search does not destroy probable cause for a subsequent search, if there is reason to believe the evidence could have been overlooked. See United States v. Blom, 242 F.3d 799, 807 (8th Cir. 2001). Here, the affidavit indicated that the home was extremely cluttered, making it likely that relevant evidence was overlooked. Third, even if the evidence was not in Carlson's home at the time of the prior search, that absence is immaterial. See United States v. Tagbering, 985 F.2d 946, 950 (8th Cir. 1993) (holding that evidence does not need to be at the location to be searched at the time the warrant issues, so long as there was probable cause to support a belief that it will be there when the warrant is executed). The Court finds that the affidavit as a whole supported a conclusion that the items listed were likely to be in Carlson's home at the time the warrant was executed, and the warrant was, therefore, supported by probable cause.

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By not securing the occupants of a rental car that was subject to impoundment for lack of an authorized driver, the need for a search incident was akin to the situation in Belton rather than Gant. United States v. Harmon, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153996 (M.D. Fla. November 4, 2011).* [So, the officer can simply not secure the persons arrested and use that as an excuse for search incident? Better yet, the car was subject to impoundment for lack of a licensed driver. Period. This was deciding something that didn't need to be decided. Don't count on this case being good law.]

Defendant’s suppression motion was denied in 1998 and he appealed. He since had post-conviction hearings. “His repetitive frivolous motions and appeals will not change this court's ruling on the issue. It was determined more than a decade ago that the January 2, 1998, search of Claude Bellamy's house was by consent.” Bellamy v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32458 (E.D. N.C. March 12, 2012)

Defendant was arrested in Belize for immigration violations and child pornography was found. He makes no showing whatsoever that American authorities had anything to do with it. United States v. McVicker, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33164 (D. Ore. March 13, 2012).*

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