Conrad v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “We conclude that the affidavit provided the magistrate with enough information to come to the practical, common-sense conclusion that illicit drugs were being used in and/or sold from the residence located at [a particular address]; that [Braun] was a target of the drug investigation and lived at that location with at least one of his parents; . . . and that there was a fair probability that evidence of drug crimes could be found in either . . . residential structure. Because the application for the search warrant established probable cause to search [both structures], we conclude the trial court properly denied the motion to suppress the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Braun v. State

2. “[T]he general rule is that a search warrant for an apartment house or hotel or other multiple-occupancy building will usually be held invalid if it fails to describe the particular subunit to be searched with sufficient definiteness to preclude a search of one or more subunits indiscriminately. There are, however, exceptions to this general rule. The warrant of a multi-unit structure will be valid where (1) there is probable cause to search each unit; (2) the targets of the investigation have access to the entire structure; or (3) the officers reasonably believed that the premises had only a single unit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carter v. State