Clark v. State

MILLS, Judge.

Clark appeals his conviction for manufacturing marijuana and possession of a short-barrelled gun, on the ground that the warrant under which the State’s evidence was obtained was based on an illegal search. We affirm.

After receiving a tip from a confidential informant, an officer proceeded to a wooded area 200 feet from Clark’s mobile home, from which vantage point he observed marijuana growing on Clark’s property. Using the information obtained from this observation, the officer executed an affidavit for search warrant, which he received and under which he entered Clark’s…