Legal Opinion

State v. Thomas

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 4, 2013No. 2D12-3629Published

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Judge.

The State appeals from the trial court’s order granting the motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant executed at Tommy Thomas’s residence. We reverse because the search warrant affidavit contained sufficient facts to support the issuing judge’s determination of probable cause.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, Detective Joshua Shelton testified that he received an anonymous tip from Crime Stoppers that Thomas was growing cannabis in his yard, that cannabis packaged for sale was stored in Thomas’s freezer, and that Thomas sold cannabis from his…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  3. State v. JacobsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  4. INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES v. Jacobs BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  5. State v. GonzalezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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