State v. Connard

EAGLES, Judge.

I

In his first assignment of error defendant challenges the court’s ruling denying his motion to suppress. He argues that authorization to search for “stolen goods” violated constitutional requirements that warrants particularly describe the object(s) of the search, and that police thereby engaged in an unlawful “fishing expedition” through his house and van.

A

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires, in the absence of consent or exigent circumstances, that searches be conducted pursuant to warrant. Steagald v. United States, 451 U.S. 204, 68 L.Ed. 2d 38,…