State v. Riggs

MITCHELL, Justice.

The central issue before us in this case is whether an application for a search warrant provided a sufficient showing of probable cause to support the magistrate’s finding of probable cause and issuance of the warrant. We conclude that it did and that the trial court did not err by denying the defendants’ motions to suppress evidence seized pursuant to the search warrant. Therefore, we reverse the Court of Appeals’ decision awarding the defendants a new trial.

Evidence for the State tended to show that in early February 1987, Detective Sergeant Lee Stevens of the Onslow…