Rodney Hamilton Higgins, Jr. v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Whether the Fourth Amendment requires more than a defendant's status as a drug dealer and residential address to establish probable cause for a search warrant, where no evidence connects drug trafficking activities to the residence itself
1. Whether the Fourth Amendment requires more than a defendant ’s status as a drug dealer and residential address to establish probable cause for a search warrant, where no evidence connects drug trafficking activities to the residence itself. 2. Whether a defendant is entitled to a Franks hearing when the government acknowledges it failed to preserve evidence specifically cited in a search warrant affidavit , and evidence in the record undercuts the affidavit’s characterization .