Anzualda v. Commonwealth

Even assuming the affidavit here was insufficient, and the related search warrant invalid, I would affirm the trial court’s ruling pursuant to the good faith exception to the warrant requirement established in United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. *489897, 104 S.Ct. 3405, 82 L.Ed.2d 677 (1984). I, thus, do not join the majority in its analysis or judgment.

In Leon, the United States Supreme Court recognized a constitutional preference that police officers seek search warrants from neutral and detached magistrates and held that “suppression of evidence obtained pursuant to a warrant [issued by a…