Court Opinion

ID: 9537841
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:25:40.500787+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:57:04.664912
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Erickson
specially concurring:
Although I agree with Chief Justice Pringle that the search in this case is not subject to attack, I wish to clarify what in my opinion an officer should know at the time he makes an application for a search warrant. In my opinion an officer should know, at the time he seeks a warrant, whether the multi-family nature of the structure is apparent from the external appearance of the dwelling. He should take into consideration all facts which are known to him, or should have been known to him, through ordinary observation of the building. If the building is obviously used as an apartment, rooming house, duplex, office building, or for any other multiple occupancy use, the officer must take that fact into account at the time he obtains the warrant.