California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Easley, 187 Cal.Rptr. 745, 33 Cal.3d 65, 654 P.2d 1272 (Cal. 1982):
In this connection, defendant's argument apparently rests on the erroneous theory that a warrant which authorizes the search of more than one location for the same property is per se invalid. He urges that the authorization to search four different places demonstrates that the affiant did not know where the sought-after property actually was located. However, "certainty is not required" to justify issuance of a search warrant. (People v. Watson (1979) 89 Cal.App.3d 376, 385, 152 Cal.Rptr. 471.) There is no logical inconsistency in the conclusion that an affidavit establishes probable cause to believe that evidence of a crime will be in any one of a suspect's homes or vehicles.
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