State v. Cohen

Defendant appeals from a judgment on a jury verdict finding him guilty of second-degree murder. He urges six assignments of error, which will be dealt with seriatim.

I. Constitutionality of the search warrant.

Deputy Sheriff Michael Murray of Okanogan County executed an affidavit upon which a search warrant was issued. Defendant seeks to suppress the evidence secured on the grounds that the affidavit was inadequate, and that the warrant was defective for lack of particularity.

A. Adequacy of the affidavit.

In the affidavit, Deputy Murray states that he located the victim's body, and then…