State v. Alvin

Bernes, Judge.

The state appeals from the trial court’s decision granting Dewayne Deon Alvin’s motion to suppress drug and weapon evidence seized during the execution of a search warrant at Alvin’s residence. In granting the motion, the trial court concluded that there was no probable cause for the issuance of the warrant to search Alvin’s residence. We disagree and reverse.

At the hearing on the motion to suppress, the parties stipulated that the motion would be determined solely based upon the “four corners” of the affidavit, its attachments, and the warrant. The trial court therefore did not…