Court Opinion

ID: 9510417
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 21:55:59.691536+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:08:00.385449
License: Public Domain

CHIEF JUSTICE TURNAGE
specially concurring:
¶83 I specially concur in this Court’s order of remand to the District Court to conduct a de novo hearing on Worrall’s motion to suppress. I do not agree with all of the analysis and what is said in the majority opinion.
¶84 In my view, for the purpose of establishing a valid search warrant application, the information provided by eleven-year-old Erik Cranmore was more than sufficient to support probable cause for the issuance of the warrant. This Court has approved the testimony in criminal cases of children much younger than Erik and has affirmed convictions for serious felonies based on the testimony of a child witness.