TN: Misdescription but with correct address of mobile home in SW cured by officer familiar with house being there for search

“Both Detective Norwood, who prepared the affidavit and executed the search warrant, and Investigator Mason, who participated in the execution of the search warrant, were familiar with the location of the mobile home park, and Investigator Mason knew specifically where the defendant lived. The warrant also contained the correct street address for the defendant as confirmed by the booking record from his arrest shortly before the murder. Under these circumstances, the cited deficiencies in the description of the location of the defendant’s residence was cured by the officers’ knowledge. Consequently, the trial court did not err by concluding that the warrant contained a sufficiently particular description of the place to be searched.” State v. Parker, 2019 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 127 (Feb. 26, 2019).

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