State v. Moran

LONG, Presiding Judge.

The State of Alabama appeals from the trial court’s order granting Joseph Bran-non Moran’s motion to suppress evidence of marijuana seized when police officers executed an anticipatory search warrant at Moran’s residence.

At the suppression hearing, the State presented testimony from Greg Lott, a narcotics investigator employed by the Athens Police Department and assigned to the Limestone County drug task force. Investigator Lott testified that toward the end of February 1999, a confidential informant, who Lott said had provided him with reliable information several times…