State v. Sloan

The state appeals from pretrial orders granting defendant’s motion to controvert the allegations of the affidavit on which a search warrant was based and suppressing the evidence seized. We reverse.

A search warrant for defendant’s residence was issued based on the affidavit of Rick Siel, a police officer of the Eugene Police Department.1 The facts alleged included hearsay statements given by a named informant and a personal *272observation by Siel of a marijuana plant growing in defendant’s backyard. On the basis of Siel’s affidavit, asserting probable cause to believe “evidence of the crimes of…