State v. Lewis

SHEPARD, Justice.

This is a review of a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the trial court’s order suppressing evidence obtained pursuant to a search warrant. We reverse.

Police narcotic investigators carried out a drug transaction with Owsley and Molinelli at their private residence, following which Owsley and Molinelli were arrested. Rather than conducting an immediate search of the premises, the officers, on the basis of an affidavit therefor, obtained a search warrant authorizing a search of the premises in either the daytime or the nighttime. The investigators executed their…