People v. Franklin

QUINN, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal the People challenge an order suppressing a gold watch 1 seized during the execution of a search warrant which did not include the watch as one of the articles to be seized. The district court suppressed the watch on the ground that the People failed to establish an adequate nexus between the watch and the specific criminal activity being investigated under the warrant. We conclude that the court applied an inappropriate standard in suppressing the evidence and, accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions.

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The defendant is charged in a…