Court Opinion

ID: 9796023
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:45:36.096592+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:44:28.180917
License: Public Domain

RULON, C.J.,
concurring: I concur with the majority’s decision in this case. However, as to the search of Kevin Dean Malm’s residence, I find that the search warrant affidavit alleged a sufficient factual nexus between Malm’s suspected criminal activity and his residence. Accordingly, I conclude the search warrant was supported by probable cause, and it is unnecessary to rely on the “good faith exception” enunciated in United States v. Leon, 468 U.S. 897, 918-22, 82 L. Ed. 2d 677, 104 S. Ct. 3405, reh. denied 468 U.S. 1250 (1984), in order to uphold the search of Malm’s residence.