State v. Gardner

Summary

The court held that the search-warrant affidavit provided the issuing judge with a substantial basis to find probable cause under the totality of the circumstances. It ruled that the lower courts improperly evaluated the affidavit's facts in isolation rather than considering their combined weight, and it affirmed the Court of Appeals' reversal of the suppression order on that ground. Because probable cause existed, the court vacated the Court of Appeals' alternative good-faith analysis and did not address the remaining issues.