Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Invalid search warrant

US v. Blatstein, No. 06-4210, 06-4285
Conviction for mail fraud based on conditional plea, reserving right to appeal adverse suppression ruling, is affirmed over claim that search warrants were constitutionally invalid. Defendant's sentence is vacated based on the Government's forceful challenges to several of the factors on which the court relied in varying downward.

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