State v. Utvick

NEUMANN, Justice.

[¶ 1] The State appeals from a trial court decision granting Ryan Utvick’s motion to suppress evidence. We reverse and remand, concluding the trial court erred in determining the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule did not apply and improperly granted Utvick’s motion to suppress evidence.

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[¶ 2] On July 8, 2002, Fargo police officer Glen Hanson applied for a no-knock search warrant to search a hotel room registered to Utvick. He believed Utvick’s hotel room contained methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and items indicating Utvick was selling drugs. In his…