State v. Suits

Three issues are presented on this appeal:

1. Was the search warrant improperly executed, thus requiring the suppression of evidence obtained pursuant to its authority?

2. Was the search warrant invalid as facially demonstrating a lack of probable cause justification for search of the entire residential premises ?

3. Was the defendant denied a fair trial by the refusal of the trial court to sever his trial from that of his co-defendant?

Warrant execution.

On the evening of March 29, 1973, seven officers of the Dane county sheriff’s department proceeded in several vehicles to a farmhouse in…