State v. Smith

RATLIFF, Chief Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

The State appeals from the trial court's grant of the motion to suppress drug evidence obtained during the execution of a search warrant, which motion was made by Carl Hunter Smith, Evelyn Arlene Smith, and Sueanne Renee Baxter (Defendants). We reverse and remand.

FACTS

At the conclusion of a probable cause hearing held on December 22, 1989, the trial court ordered a search warrant to be issued. Judge Jonathan E. Palmer signed the search warrant, on December 22, 1989, which warrant commanded police officers to search for and seize, at the residence of…