United States v. Smith
Opinion Date: July 23, 2012 |
Areas of Law: Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
Defendant Daniel Anthony
Smith entered a conditional guilty plea to receiving and attempting to
distribute child pornography. Exercising his preserved right to appeal,
Defendant sought review of the district court's denial of his motion to
suppress inculpatory physical and testimonial evidence. He contended on
appeal to the Eleventh Circuit, as he did in the district court, that
the officers' warrantless and uninvited entry into his house violated
the Fourth Amendment and that the evidence that the officers gathered
after that entry should be suppressed under the fruit of the poisonous
tree doctrine. "Even assuming that the officers' initial entry into Mr.
Smith's home violated the Fourth Amendment, suppression is unwarranted
because Mr. Smith's later consent was not tainted by the entry." The
Eleventh Circuit therefore affirmed the judgment of the district court
and Defendant's conviction.
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