State of Missouri v. James Christopher Bales

Summary

The Court affirmed suppression of the cell phone and electronic data because the warrant authorized execution at a specified address, but officers seized the phone at the sheriff's office. The Court further held that the good-faith exception did not apply because relying on the warrant to execute a search outside its expressly authorized scope was objectively unreasonable. The Court did not decide whether the warrant described the phone with sufficient particularity because the scope and good-faith issues were dispositive.