State v. Hicks

BRASWELL, Judge.

Defendants’ two questions presented on appeal raise the basic issue of whether a search warrant, allegedly invalid on its face for lack of facts to show probable cause, can be made valid by voir dire testimony and contemporary, unattached written memorandum, which, when taken all together, show legal probable cause to search for illicit controlled substances. We answer yes, and hold that the trial judge’s findings of facts were supported by the evidence.

The challenged portion of the affidavit for the search warrant reads:

There is probable cause to believe that certain…