State v. Spring

*400¶1 —An unlawful entry by police does not invalidate a subsequent search warrant so long as the unlawful entry did not prompt the decision to seek the warrant and lawfully obtained evidence established probable cause. Here, lawfully obtained evidence supported the warrant. But the court did not determine whether the officers’ decision to seek the warrant was prompted by the previous unlawful entry. We therefore remand.

Ellington, A.C.J.

Suppression Hearing Facts

¶2 On April 10, 2003, housekeepers at a motel in Ferndale discovered what appeared to be an active methamphetamine lab in one of the…