State v. Nunez

TROUT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a district court order suppressing evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant.

I

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Detective Kelly Montoya (Montoya) appeared before Magistrate Judge Renae Hoff (Judge Hoff) on two separate occasions for the purpose of obtaining search warrants for two different residences, a house at 619 Elgin Street in Caldwell (the Caldwell residence) and a trailer at 121 North First in Middleton (the Middleton residence). Mr. Gearld Wolff, Canyon County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (Wolff), was also present at both of the hearings,…