Court Opinion

ID: 9709493
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Date Created: 2023-08-26 03:48:52.247233+00
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PAGE, Justice
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent. The factual allegations of a search warrant application must “establish a direct connection between the alleged criminal activity and the site to be searched.”1 On the facts presented here, I do not believe that the search warrant application and supporting affidavit establish the required “direct connection” between the murder of Carolyn McGrath and the place to be searched. Moreover, the factual allegations contained in the affidavit would not lead a reasonable person to believe that there was a “fair probability” that evidence of the crime would be found in Harris’ apartment.2 I would hold that the items seized during the search of Harris’ apartment should have been suppressed.
Therefore, I dissent.

. State v. Souto, 578 N.W.2d 744, 749 (Minn. 1998).

. State v. Zanter, 535 N.W.2d 624, 633 (Minn.1995) (citing Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 238, 103 S.Ct. 2317, 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983)).