What is the test for a search warrant for a suspect in a criminal investigation?

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The following excerpt is from Pac. Marine Ctr. Inc. v. Silva, CASE NO. CV F 09-1409 LJO JLT (E.D. Cal. 2011):

the target of the search is suspected of a crime, but whether it is reasonable to believe that the items to be seized will be found in the place to be searched. Zurcher v. Stanford Daily, 436 U.S. 547, 556 & n. 6, 98 S.Ct. 1970, 1976-1977 & n. 6 (1978).

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