State v. Bright

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant assigns as error the trial judge’s denial of his motions to suppress evidence obtained from defendant’s motel room and automobile pursuant to separate search warrants. Defendant argues that the affidavits upon which the search warrants were issued did not contain sufficient facts or circumstances to support a finding of probable cause by the magistrate.

The affidavit upon which the warrant to search defendant’s motel room was issued reads as follows:

That on 4/7/79 Melissa T. Smith was kidnapped from the Major League Bowling Lanes. This incident was reported to…