State v. Mavrogianis

CLARK, Judge.

In the search of the defendant’s automobile illicit drugs were found and seized by law enforcement officers. The drugs seized, if offered and admitted in evidence, would be tangible support for conviction of the defendant on some if not all of the charges against him. The trial court ruled that the evidence seized must be excluded because it violated the Fourth Amendment protection against “unreasonable” searches and seizures. The basis for the ruling was that the affidavit supporting the search warrant, relying on an informant’s tip, did not state sufficient underlying…