A California man who pleaded guilty to federal drug and firearm offenses lost his Ninth Circuit appeal over a warrantless search of an apartment when the court said police officers had probable cause to believe he lived there.
The court distinguished a 2013 ruling, United States v. Grandberry, in which the court found a warrantless search of a parolee subject to search conditions unconstitutional, emphasizing that the probable-cause analysis is always a fact-intensive one.
Ryan Barry was on post-release community supervision for felony firearm and drug convictions in 2018 when police received an anonymous tip that someone by his ...
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