State v. Hughes

After being indicted for criminal activity in drugs, ORS 167.207, defendant moved to suppress evidence seized in his home during a search pursuant to a search warrant. The trial court granted the motion to suppress. The state appeals pursuant to ORS 138.060(3). We affirm.

The affidavit in application for the search warrant was executed by Officer Hostick. It purported to recite reports made to him by two citizen informants about suspicious items they had observed in defendant’s house. The motion to suppress contended: (1) the affidavit contained inaccurate statements about what the informants…