State v. Adams

The trial court held that an affidavit was insufficient on its face to establish probable cause for issuance of a warrant for search of a dwelling. The State appeals.

The affidavit recites:

Your affiant has been a member of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office for two (2) years. A confidential informant within the past twenty-four (24) hours told your affiant that within the past twenty-four (24) hours the informant had been inside the above-described residence. While inside the residence, the informant admits that he (informant) purchased a quantity of what was represented by the occupant to be…