The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Milojevich, 8 F.3d 32 (9th Cir. 1993):
To determine the sufficiency of a warrant description, we consider whether the place to be searched is described with sufficient particularity to enable an officer to locate and identify the premises with reasonable effort, and whether any reasonable probability exists that another premise might be mistakenly searched. United States v. Turner, 770 F.2d 1508, 1510 (9th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 475 U.S. 1026 (1986). Search warrants and their accompanying affidavits "must be tested and interpreted in a common sense and realistic, rather than a hypertechnical, manner." Id. at 1510.
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