State v. Politte

Officers got a search warrant for a double-wide trailer with detached garage “occupied by Kyle T. Kientzel and others.” The basis was an informant’s tip that he had been there, “had talked to Kyle Kient-zel and several others, and had seen Kient-zel go outside the residence and within seconds, bring in marijuana, which he believe [sic] to be about a quarter pound.”

The search took place the next morning. Kientzel was not there,' but the trailer owner and other occupants were. Joshua Politte was among those in the living room, where loose marijuana and paraphernalia were in plain view on a…