California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chitwood, F060630 (Cal. App. 2012):
We begin with the well-settled rules on motions to traverse a search warrant. "There is ... a presumption of validity with respect to the affidavit supporting the search warrant." (Franks v. Delaware (1978) 438 U.S. 154, 171 (Franks).)
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