Harris v. State

After the trial court denied her pre-trial motion to suppress, the appellant was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and sentenced to ten years’ impris- eminent. The Second Court of Appeals reversed, 1 holding that the inconsistencies between the arresting officer’s affidavit in support of his search warrant and his testimony at the hearing on the motion to suppress constituted a violation of Franks v. Delaware. 2 We granted the State’s petition for review on four grounds: three that object to the Court of Appeals’ substantive reasoning in finding a Franks violation on the…