State v. Anderson

HALL, Chief Justice:

Aldon S. Anderson was convicted of a violation of U.C.A., 1953, § 58-37-8(a)(i), production by cultivation of a controlled substance (marijuana). He appeals the denial of a pretrial motion to vacate the search warrant and exclude evidence seized thereunder. We affirm.

On August 26, 1982, Doug Witney, Utah County Deputy Sheriff, filed an affidavit to secure a search warrant authorizing a search of defendant’s property for cultivated marijuana plants. In the affidavit, Wit-ney stated he had received information from a previously reliable informant that a wooden fence,…