State v. Hunter

Melton, Justice.

The State appeals from the grant of defendant Michael Hunter’s motion to suppress,1 contending that the trial court erred in concluding that the police provided insufficient information to the magistrate to support a showing of probable cause to search Hunter’s suspected residence.2 Because we agree with the State that the police officer’s affidavit at issue here provided a substantial basis for the magistrate to determine that probable cause existed to justify the issuance of the search warrant, we reverse.

The magistrate’s task in determining if probable cause exists to issue…