State v. Koen

OPINION

I, INTRODUCTION

Shortly after receiving reports that David Koen had child pornography stored on computers in his home, an Alaska State Trooper obtained a warrant to search Koen's residence. Although the affidavit supporting the warrant listed Koen's address as the premises to be searched, it failed to say that the listed address was Koen's residence or to explain how the address had been determined. Based on these deficiencies, the superior court declared that the warrant was not supported by probable cause. After the court of appeals affirmed this ruling, we granted the state's…