Oklahoma cops seize a 24-year-old's iPhone when he surfaces with a missing 14-year-old and get a state warrant to search for anything on the phone that might be evidence of any crime. Yikes! They uncover child porn and hand the trove to federal officers, who apply for a federal warrant using that evidence. Tenth Circuit: State warrant authorized a general search, so no good-faith exception; strike the poisoned paragraphs from the federal warrant application and probable cause disappears. Phone suppressed. Conviction and denial of motion to suppress reversed, 240-month sentence vacated, and case remanded to proceed consistent with this summary (well..., the opinion).
The case is United States v. Santiago, No. 24-6015 (10th Cir. Apr. 30, 2025).