State v. Haidle

OPINION

DANIELS, Justice.

{1} In this case, we address the use of multiple levels of anonymous hearsay reports in the probable cause portion of a search warrant affidavit. We granted Defendant David Haidle’s application for interlocutory appeal to review the district court’s partial denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained at his home through execution of a magistrate court search warrant. The district court found that the warrant was issued without constitutionally adequate probable cause but refused to suppress pieces of bloodstained carpet on the theory that the carpet inevitably…