By Thomas Zeno and Caleb Barker (August 28, 2017, 11:34 AM EDT) -- In United States v. Griffith, No. 13-3061 (D.C. Cir., Aug. 18, 2017), D.C. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan wrote for a two-judge majority of the District of Columbia Circuit that suppressed evidence recovered during the execution of a search warrant seeking a cellphone. Even though the incriminating evidence at stake was a firearm, the majority and dissenting opinions provide insight into issues related to searching for a cellphone in a suspect's residence, the distinction between being authorized to seize a phone and to search its contents, the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule, personal liability for the officers for a defective warrant, and the claim of abandonment during a search....