State v. Coffey

In this criminal case, the trial court denied defendant’s motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant and convicted him of possession of a controlled substance. In determining whether the trial judge properly denied defendant’s motion to suppress, we must address the underlying issue of whether a judge, in reviewing an affidavit supporting an application for a search warrant, may consider the opinion of a polygraph examiner to establish the reliability of information supplied by an unnamed informant.

This case began when police sought a warrant to search defendant’s…