State v. Hasselback

Pursuant to ORS 138.060(3), the state appeals a pretrial order suppressing marijuana, hashish and other items' found in defendants’ home. The issue is whether the police affidavit sufficiently established the reliability of the two named informants so as to justify issuance of a search warrant.

On October 20, 1980, Officer Lamm of the Cottage Grove Police Department stated in an affidavit that he had received information that a burglary had occurred at the home of a Mr. Asbury on October 16,1980, and that silver and rare coins were taken. The affidavit also stated that on October 17, 1980, a…