Opinion ID: 1322826
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Search of the Residence at 7339 Wabash

Text: Blaylock alleges the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to the search warrant executed at 7339 Wabash. Blaylock argues the affidavit supporting the search warrant was fatally flawed because it did not name Blaylock, it included false information, and it included hearsay statements. These arguments are without merit. None of the arguments raised by Blaylock undermines the district court's conclusion that the search conducted pursuant to the warrant comported with the Fourth Amendment. First, a search warrant need not name any particular defendant against whom evidence will be used in order to be valid; it must only particularly describ[e] the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. U.S. Const. amend. IV. Second, Blaylock does not identify any specific false statement included in the affidavit. Broad accusations of falsity are insufficient to sustain a challenge to the sufficiency of a warrant. Third, hearsay may be the basis for issuance of a warrant `so long as there ... [is] a substantial basis for crediting the hearsay.' United States v. Ventresca, 380 U.S. 102, 108, 85 S.Ct. 741, 13 L.Ed.2d 684 (1965) (alteration in original) (citation omitted). The investigating officers' personal observations provided sufficient grounds for crediting the statements made by King and included in the affidavit.