The following excerpt is from United States v. Nazemzadeh, CASE NO. 11-cr-5726-L (S.D. Cal. 2013):
illegal search), that the framework used in Gourde to determine whether an affidavit purged of materially false statements or omissions would have supported probable cause was the appropriate standard by which to evaluate the circumstances before it. Chism, at 389. What the court did not do however, was update the "fair probability" standard. Indeed, the Chism court indicated it that intended to follow the probable cause standard which has been in place for 30 years when it cited Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213 (1983), identified in Gourde as the "landmark" case defining probable cause.
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