What is a magistrate's duty to search for drugs?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Butts, (Cal. App. 2013):
The magistrate's duty "is simply to make a practical, common-sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the 'veracity' and 'basis of knowledge' of persons supplying hearsay information," there is probable cause to search. (Illinois v. Gates, supra, 462 U.S. at p. 238.) Our duty "is
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