State v. Fink

Defendant appeals his conviction for manufacture of a controlled substance. ORS 475.992. He challenges the trial court’s denial of his pretrial motion to suppress evidence that the police seized from his premises pursuant to a search warrant. The issue is whether the affidavit in support of the search warrant adequately established the veracity of an unnamed informant so as to justify the issuance of the warrant. We hold that the results of a polygraph examination and the informant’s lack of a criminal record adequately established veracity, and we affirm.

A deputy sheriff submitted the…