State v. Urbach

The state appeals an order granting defendant’s pretrial motion to suppress evidence seized from his residence pursuant to a search warrant. The issue is whether the affidavit in support of that warrant established probable cause to believe that illegal drugs and related paraphernalia would still be present in his residence or automobile when the warrant was issued. We hold that it did not and affirm.

A deputy sheriffs affidavit for the warrant stated, in material part:

“I know that Methamphetamine is identified in street slang as crank or speed. * * *

“Today I had a conversation with a…