Federal Circuits, 10th Cir. (September 15, 1992)
Docket number: 92-1066
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U.S. Supreme Court - Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978)
U.S. Supreme Court - Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519 <I>(per curiam)</I> (1972)
U.S. Supreme Court - Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514 (1972)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Cir. - Valerio Ernest Miranda, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas Cooper, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee, and Frank Gunter, (Gunther) Sic, Director, D.O.C., Respondent., 967 F.2d 392 (10th Cir. 1992) Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas Cooper, Superintendent, Respondent-Appellee, and Frank Gunter, (Gunther) Sic, Director, D.O.C., Respondent.
Before McKAY, Chief Judge, and BARRETT, Circuit Judge, and BRIMMER,* District Judge.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT**BARRETT, Circuit Judge.After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a); 10th Cir.R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.Petitioner, a Colorado state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's order adopting the magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought under 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner claims he is entitled to relief for two reasons: (1) the government violated his Fourth Amendment rights when the police officer who requested a search warrant described a prior similar search involving Petitioner, but failed to apprise the issuing magistrate that the prior charges had been dismissed as to Petitioner for lack of probable cause; and (2) he was denied his constitutional right to a speedy trial. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291, and affirm.In 1981, police authorities executed a search warrant at property owned by Petitioner, and occupied by one Overman, located at 335 Brentwood Drive, Pueblo, Colorado. In a greenhouse behind the main house, the police seized growing marijuana plants. Petitioner was charged with cultivation of marijuana. At the preliminary hearing, the charges against Petitioner were dismissed for lack of probable cause.In 1986, police authorities obtained a search warrant for Petitioner's home at 632 N. Limon Drive, Pueblo West, Colorado, and the greenhouse behind it. The greenhouse contained growing marijuana plants. The affidavit for the 1986 search warrant included information about the 1981 warrant, but did not reveal that the 1981 charges against Petitioner had been dismissed for lack of probable cause. Following extensive hearings on Petitioner's motion to suppress the evidence seized pursuant to the 1986 warrant, the trial court found probable cause for the warrant, and denied suppression of the marijuana plants and related evidence.1 Petitioner was subsequently convicted of charges relating to cultivation of marijuana, and sentenced to serve a term of commitment at the state penitentiary.I. Fourth Amendment Claim.We construe liberally pleadings filed by a pro se petitioner. See Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 520 (1972) (per curiam). A state prisoner is not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief on Fourth Amendment search and seizure grounds where the state has provided an opportunity for full and fair litigation of the claim. Stone v. Powell,