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Seventh Circuit Vacates Conviction and Remands for a Franks Hearing
Loaded on Nov. 18, 2019
by Douglas Ankney
published in Criminal Legal News
December, 2019, page 32
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United States of America.
by Douglas Ankney
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated Michael Clark’s conviction and remanded for a hearing pursuant to Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978).
Investigator Todd Maas is a police officer in Superior, Wisconsin. He prepared a warrant application and signed the supporting ...
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