United States v. William Heselius

Ninth Circuit

United States v. William Heselius

671 F. App'x 518

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

DecidedDecember 8, 2016

Docket15-30304

StatusUnpublished

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William Heselius appeals his conviction following his conditional guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Prior to his plea, Heselius moved to suppress all evidence obtained in the March 25, 2014, search of his .residence pursuant to a search warrant. Heselius claimed that the warrant was invalid because it was dependent on information gathered during an unconstitutional traffic stop. The - district court referred the motion to a United States magistrate judge. The magistrate found the stop unconstitutional, but excised the tainted information from the stop and found the remaining affidavit sufficient to justify issuance of the warrant. The district court adopted the Findings and Recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge in full and denied Hesel-ius’s motion. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate and remand.

*519 As the government correctly concedes, a remand is necessary under Murray v. United States, 487 U.S. 533, 108 S.Ct. 2529, 101 L.Ed.2d 472 (1988). Murray requires the district court to determine whether Detective Finnicum’s “decision to seek the warrant was prompted by what [Deputy Sheriff Pandis] had seen during the [traffic stop], or if information obtained during [the stop] was presented to the Magistrate and affected his decision to issue the warrant.” 487 U.S. at 542, 108 S.Ct. 2529 (footnote omitted) (citation omitted). While Heselius does not challenge Murray's second prong here, the district court failed to make any factual findings with respect to whether the unconstitutional traffic stop prompted the decision to seek a warrant. And without such a finding, the district court could not determine whether the “warranted search was genuinely derived from a source independent of the unlawful [traffic stop].” United States v. Holzman, 871 F.2d 1496, 1513 (9th Cir. 1989), abrogated on other grounds by Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128, 110 S.Ct. 2301, 110 L.Ed.2d 112 (1990).

VACATED AND REMANDED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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MEMORANDUM **

William Heselius appeals his conviction following his conditional guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Prior to his plea, Heselius moved to suppress all evidence obtained in the March 25, 2014, search of his .residence pursuant to a search warrant. Heselius claimed that the warrant was invalid because it was dependent on information gathered during an unconstitutional traffic stop. The - district court referred the motion to a United States magistrate judge. The magistrate found the stop unconstitutional, but excised the tainted information from the stop and found the remaining affidavit sufficient to justify issuance of the warrant. The district court adopted the Findings and Recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge in full and denied Hesel-ius’s motion. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate and remand.

*519 As the government correctly concedes, a remand is necessary under Murray v. United States, 487 U.S. 533, 108 S.Ct. 2529, 101 L.Ed.2d 472 (1988). Murray requires the district court to determine whether Detective Finnicum’s “decision to seek the warrant was prompted by what [Deputy Sheriff Pandis] had seen during the [traffic stop], or if information obtained during [the stop] was presented to the Magistrate and affected his decision to issue the warrant.” 487 U.S. at 542, 108 S.Ct. 2529 (footnote omitted) (citation omitted). While Heselius does not challenge Murray's second prong here, the district court failed to make any factual findings with respect to whether the unconstitutional traffic stop prompted the decision to seek a warrant. And without such a finding, the district court could not determine whether the “warranted search was genuinely derived from a source independent of the unlawful [traffic stop].” United States v. Holzman, 871 F.2d 1496, 1513 (9th Cir. 1989), abrogated on other grounds by Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128, 110 S.Ct. 2301, 110 L.Ed.2d 112 (1990).

VACATED AND REMANDED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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