State v. Badgett

WARNER, Judge.

The state appeals an order granting the suppression of evidence (cocaine) seized pursuant to a search warrant of the defendant’s apartment. The court concluded that probable cause was not present to justify the issuance of the search warrant. We disagree and reverse.

The affidavit submitted to the magistrate by Officer Carmichael stated as follows:

On September 29, 1995, I received an anonymous call from a concerned citizen regarding possible narcotics sales taking *469place at 1030 NE 7[th] Av[.] #8. The caller stated that they observed heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic coming…