He stated defendant kept the contraband in a padlocked cabinet in his bedroom. On 5 April 1993 officers visited defendant's residence and confirmed that defendant lived there. CSI 2 further stated that defendant kept the marijuana inside a padlocked cabinet in his bedroom. The magistrate issued the search warrant, and the subsequent search resulted in the seizure of 75.9 grams of marijuana and various items of drug paraphernalia. Defendant first argues on appeal that the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained through the search warrant because there was no substantial basis for the magistrate to conclude that probable cause existed that drugs would be found in defendant's home.
Proper deference is given to a magistrate's determination of the existence of probable cause.
In the present case there were three separate sources who stated defendant sold and possessed drugs at his residence, with CSI 2 reporting such activity having occurred within twenty-four hours before the search warrant was obtained. Furthermore, each source corroborated the same information regarding defendant's storage of marijuana in a padlocked cabinet in his bedroom. A common sense overview of the information supplied to the magistrate in this case provides sufficient probability of defendant's criminal activities to support the issuance of the search warrant. The evidence itself is also sufficient to support the magistrate's determination of probable cause. Defendant claims the allegations of the first informant were stale and that the affidavit failed to show whether either informant's hearsay information was credible or reliable.