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FACTS

1. Background In the summer of 2006, Mesiti lived with his teenage daughter, Alycia, in a rented property at 3576 Alexis Avenue in the City of Ceres, in Stanislaus County. In August 2006, Mesiti’s girlfriend, Shelly Walker, reported to police that Alycia was missing. Sometime later, Mesiti began living with Walker and her daughter in Los Angeles. On March 25, 2009, officers from the Ceres Police Department (CPD) executed a search warrant, which is not involved in the current appeal, at the Alexis Avenue property in Ceres. Alycia’s buried remains were found in the property’s backyard. 2. The Stanislaus Warrant On March 27, 2009, CPD Officer Keith Griebel presented an affidavit for a search warrant in the Stanislaus County Superior Court concerning events related to Mesiti and Alycia. On the same day, a superior court judge in Stanislaus County signed a document entitled “SEARCH WARRANT” that is the subject of Mesiti’s current appeal.1 Officer Griebel’s affidavit in support of the application for the search warrant included the following information based upon his personal investigation, and upon information and evidence provided to him by fellow investigating…