State v. Hill

Clark, Judge.

The state brings this appeal from a pretrial order suppressing as evidence the fruits of a search. The question raised is that of the sufficiency of the affidavit upon which a search warrant issued.

The affidavit reads, in material part: "Within the past seven days affiant was contacted by a source who, to affiant’s knowledge, has never previously given information to law enforcement officers. However, this source is believed to be reliable because it is a mature person, regularly employed, demonstrated a truthful demeanor when relating the information, [and] admitted…