Ex Parte Wright

We granted certiorari review to decide the validity of an anticipatory search warrant based upon an affidavit showing probable cause that at some future time (but not currently) certain evidence of a crime will be located at a specified place. Based on the evidence seized in a search resulting from an anticipatory search warrant, Ronald Lee Wright was convicted of trafficking in marijuana; he was sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary and fined $25,000. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, with an unpublished memorandum. Wright v.State, 683 So.2d 1069 (Ala.Crim.App. 1996) (table). We…