State v. Lakin

OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

In this case the Court of Criminal Appeals held that the trial court should have sustained a defense motion to suppress evidence. Acting without a warrant, sheriffs’ officers seized cultivated marijuana after a search of respondent’s farm. We granted the State’s petition to give further consideration to the issues raised.

The facts as developed at an informal suppression hearing are summarized in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals as follows:

“The farm itself is located in Hancock County, but the tip which led officers to the property was first communicated to…