§ 2.6.1 Searches with Warrant
Search and arrest warrants are presumed valid and the defendant carries the burden of proving that the warrant was invalid. State v. Crowley, 202 Ariz. 80, 41 P.3d 618 (App. 2002). See also Ariz. R. Crim. P. 16.2(b) (the State has the burden of proving the lawfulness of all evidence to be used at trial, but if such evidence is obtained by a search warrant, it is the defendant’s burden to establish a “prima facie case that the evidence taken should be suppressed”); State v....
