Court Opinion

ID: 9593978
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:26:03.00989+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:22.489060
License: Public Domain

BUSSEY, Judge,
concurring in result:
Though I agree that this case must be reversed due to the insufficiency of the evidence supporting the search warrant, I disagree with the majority’s analysis of the proper standard to be applied. For the reasons stated in Dixon v. State, 737 P.2d 942 (Okla.Crim.App.1987), I believe that the “totality of the circumstances” test of Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 103 S.Ct. 2317, 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983) applies to search warrant validity claims under both the U.S. Constitution and the Oklahoma Constitution. In light of this Court’s holding in Warthen v. State, 557 P.2d 466 (Okla.Crim.App.1976), I am of the opinion that under the totality of the circumstances, sufficient probable cause did not exist to justify a search warrant. I, therefore concur in the result reached by the majority.