State v. Demers

Defendant appeals the Caledonia District Court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence of marijuana found when officers searched a freezer in his home pursuant to a warrant issued on suspicion that defendant had illegally shot a deer. Defendant contends there was insufficient probable cause to issue the deer meat warrant because (1) the game warden’s affidavit did not contain sufficient information to find probable cause, (2) the affidavit contained factual inaccuracies and omissions that misled the judge, and (3) the six-month time delay from the alleged deer jacking to issuance of the…