State v. Buffington

Defendant appeals her conviction for possession of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992(1). She contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant. The issue is whether the affidavit for the search warrant was sufficient. The material parts of the affidavit, made on May 30, 1986, by an Ashland police detective, are set out in the margin.1

*562Defendant contends that the affidavit does not establish probable cause for issuance of the warrant.2 The state concedes, and we agree, that the information from an informant given to another…