State v. Vail

OPINION

LIVERMORE, Presiding Judge.

The trial court suppressed marijuana seized at defendant’s home because it found that the information supplied the superior court judge in support of the issuance of the search warrant did not constitute probable cause. That information was that an informant, who had on ten prior occasions provided accurate information leading to the seizure of narcotics and arrests and indictments, had said within the last two days that defendant had a visitor from St. Louis at his house who was in Tucson to buy marijuana from defendant. The informant also stated that the…