RUFFIN, Judge.
The State appeals the trial court's grant of David Palmer's motion to suppress drugs and other evidence seized during the execution of a search warrant at Palmer's residence. For reasons that follow, we affirm.
The State contends that we should apply a de novo standard of review. But "where, as here, the credibility of the officer is outcome-determinative," we are required to apply the following principles:
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