State v. Howard

LAVENSKI R. SMITH, Justice.

The State filed this interlocutory appeal ice. Carroll County Circuit Court’s pretrial order suppressing evidence of drug activity seized from Appellee Jerry Dean Howard’s residence and property in rural Carroll County. The trial court found the search warrant invalid due to its inaccurate property description. The State contends the trial court erred as a matter of law due to the rural nature of the property. It contends that naming the owner of rural property is sufficiently particular under Arkansas law. The State appealed this case to the court of appeals, which…