Case Title: State v. Hutton

Citation: 

Docket Number: 47847

State: idaho

Court: Idaho Supreme Court (criminal)

Date: 2022-02-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
BOISE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021, AT 11:10A.M. 
 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO 
 
STATE OF IDAHO, 
 
      Plaintiff-Respondent, 
 
v. 
 
CRAIG LEON HUTTON, 
 
     Defendant-Appellant. 
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Docket No.  47847 
 
 
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District of the State of Idaho, 
Owyhee County.  Thomas W. Whitney, District Judge. 
 
Thomas Monaghan Law, Boise, for Appellant. 
 
Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General, Boise, for Respondent. 
 
 
 
This case arises from a denied motion to suppress evidence. In 2019, county deputies 
executed a search warrant on the residence of Craig Hutton at 4:00 AM, during which they found 
an assortment of methamphetamine and other controlled substances. The warrant authorizing the 
search was based on a deputy’s affidavit citing a confidential informant’s statements. On issuing 
the warrant, the magistrate court also authorized execution of the warrant to occur at any time of 
the day or night. Hutton filed a motion to suppress the evidence on the basis the search was 
unlawful, but the district court denied his motion on finding the search constitutional. On appeal, 
Hutton argues suppression is necessary under the U.S. and Idaho Constitutions because (1) the 
warrant was founded on unreliable hearsay by a confidential informant, and (2) the magistrate 
court improperly authorized nighttime service.