State v. Belmontes

[¶ 34.] I would affirm the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to the search warrant in this case based upon the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule. Initially, I agree with the Court’s determination that the affidavit in support of the search warrant in this case was deficient because it failed to show a basis for West’s belief in the informant’s reliability or corroboration of the informant’s information by personal observation or other research. The key language in the affidavit referring to the informant simply states: “[t]he information was…