Court Opinion

ID: 9684004
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:43:22.743996+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:51.832519
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TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. When reviewing the sufficiency of a search-warrant application, we use a totality-of-the-circumstances test. State v. Albrecht, 465 N.W.2d 107, 108-09 (Minn.App.1991). “[CJourts must be careful not to review each component of the affidavit in isolation.” Id. at 109. And although we review de novo a district court’s decision to admit evidence over a defendant’s motion to suppress, we generally give great deference to the issuing magistrate’s decision to include no-knock and nighttime provisions in a search warrant. State v. Martinez, 579 N.W.2d 144, 146 (Minn.App.1998), review denied (Minn. July 16, 1998). . Given the totality of the circumstances and the presence of firearms, I conclude that the search-warrant application sufficiently supports the request for no-knock and nighttime provisions. I would affirm the district court’s denial of Amundson’s motion to suppress.