State v. Ashkar

The state appeals from a circuit court order allowing defendant’s motion to suppress evidence which included a quantity of heroin seized by officers of the Portland Police Bureau pursuant to a search warrant issued by the Multnomah County District Court. The complication in this case stems from the fact that the officer making the affidavit relied upon a reliable informant who utilized an "unidentified party” in connection with his investigative activity. The circuit court concluded that the affidavit submitted in support of the warrant did not provide probable cause for issuance of the…