People v. Glaspey CA1/4

BACKGROUND

I. Search Warrant

On November 3, 2021, Crescent City Police Officer Ethan Miller sought a warrant to search defendant’s residence, person,

1 vehicles, and electronic storage devices for, inter alia, methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Officer Miller is recognized as a drug-sales expert in the Del Norte County Superior Court. In support of the warrant, Officer Miller included an affidavit, which, in summary, stated the following: On October 31, 2021, Officer Miller was dispatched to the areas of 9th Street and J Street and 8th Street and J Street based on a report of a male subject circling the blocks. Several residents pointed out the male subject, whom Officer Miller recognized as Jay Bardwell (Bardwell) from prior contacts. Officer Miller had seen Bardwell around 975 9th Street “dozens of times over the past several months.” Officer Miller had personally “witnessed foot traffic at all hours of the night and day coming and going from 975 9th Street for several years,” and had “made several drug arrests of person[s] in the area coming and going from 975 9th Street over the past several years.” Officer Miller initiated a consensual contact with Bardwell. When…