State v. McDonald

The State appeals a trial court order that granted the defendant’s motion to suppress. We reverse and remand.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the State called two of the three law enforcement officers involved in the case. The first detective testified that a confidential informant told him that drugs were being sold at a warehouse location. He conducted a controlled buy using the confidential informant, which led to the issuance of a search warrant.

*1083To confirm that the drugs were still at the location, the detectives conducted a second controlled buy. That buy resulted in a purchase…