Court Opinion

ID: 9631208
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 10:31:53.041056+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:28:46.689352
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LANE, V.P.J., specially
concurring.
I concur in the majority’s decision to adopt the “totality of the circumstances” test of Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 103 S.Ct. 2317, 76 L.Ed.2d 527 (1983). However, I am concerned that the opinion of the majority may be misleading when it appears to establish a test for magistrates to find a “fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.” I recognize that this is language that was used in the Gates decision, but it seems to suggest a lesser standard than I perceive. It should be noted that the Gates court concluded the opinion with the language “It is apparent, therefore, that the judge issuing the warrant had a ‘substantial basis for ... concluding]’ that probable cause to search the Gateses’ home and car existed.” 462 U.S. at 246, 103 S.Ct. at 2336, 76 L.Ed.2d at 553. I think this language a better statement of the test, that is, when considered in the totality of the circumstances, there is a substantial basis for probable cause to believe the contraband or evidence is on the premises.