State v. Warren
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
WHICHARD, Judge.
Defendants contend the affidavit underlying the warrant was insufficient because it failed to provide sufficient underlying facts and circumstances from which the magistrate could determine the informant’s basis of knowledge and credibility. We disagree.
An “affidavit is sufficient if it supplies reasonable cause to believe that the proposed search for evidence of the commission of the designated criminal offense will reveal the presence upon the described premises of the objects sought and that they will aid in the apprehension or conviction of the offender.” State v. Vestal,…
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- State v. WhitleyCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1982