Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky at London.
No. 6:19-cr-00041-1—Claria Horn Boom, District Judge.
Decided and Filed: May 24, 2022
Before: SUHRHEINRICH, WHITE, and STRANCH, Circuit Judges.
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OPINION
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JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge. John Helton appeals the district court’s denial of his
motion to suppress and its decision to excuse a juror during trial. Because the district court
found that the search warrant for Helton’s home established both probable cause and nexus to the
home, it denied the motion to suppress. The court excused the juror based on concerns that the
juror could not set aside her personal knowledge of a trial witness. We find no error in the
district court’s decision to excuse the juror. We hold that the search warrant did not satisfy
constitutional requirements. But because the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule
applies, we AFFIRM the district court’s denial of the motion to suppress. |