State v. LeFort

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

The State of Kansas filed an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s order suppressing evidence seized during the execution of a search warrant. The district court found that the warrant was defective because it lacked sufficient particularity in describing the place to be searched. The Court of Appeals found that the warrant met the test of practical accuracy sufficient to identify the residence to be searched and reversed the district court. We accepted the defendant’s petition for review.

The estranged wife of James LeFort told…