Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 4/15/1993

State v. Smith

Citations

867 S.W.2d 343
1993 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 254

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holding that an affidavit giving the informant’s name but otherwise failing to indicate who he was or how he got the information did not give probable cause for the issuance of a search warrant
holding that the informant‟s name alone without indicating who he was or how he came by the information did not give rise to probable -7- cause for a search warrant
stating that “the name of the source need not be disclosed in the affidavit”
“In order to be valid, a search warrant must be issued by a magistrate. A general sessions judge qualifies as a magistrate and is authorized to issue search warrants.”

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Judges: Wade, Scott, Birch

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