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Valenzuela, 130 N.H. at 191; State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 191 (1988).

The application for a search warrant need only contain sufficient facts and circumstances to establish “a substantial likelihood that the items sought will be found in the place to be searched.” State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 184-85, 552 A.2d 69, 72 (1988).

We analyze the State’s claim first under the New Hampshire Constitution, making “reference to decisions of the United States Supreme Court and other jurisdictions only for the purpose of aiding our State constitutional analysis.” State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 184, 552 A.2d 69, 72 (1988).

Part I, article 19 of the New Hampshire Constitution requires a determination of probable cause before a search warrant may be issued.

We have consistently interpreted this language as requiring that warrants be based on a determination of probable cause.

We analyze the defendant’s claim under the State Constitution first, State v. Ball, 124 N.H. 226, 231-32, 471 A.2d 347, 350-51 (1983), and reach his federal claim only if the Federal Constitution provides greater protection.

Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213 (1983); State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 552 A.2d 69 (1987).

“The appropriate focus in attacking a facially valid warrant on the ground that it contains misrepresentations is whether it contains misrepresentations made by the affiant, the police officer.” State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 191, 552 A.2d 69, 76 (1988); see also Rugendorf v. United States, 376 U.S. 528, 533 (1964).

We have interpreted this language as a requirement for probable cause.

Under the totality-of-the-circumstances test adopted by this court in State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 187, 552 A.2d 69, 73 (1988), an informant’s veracity and basis for knowledge remain important factors to be considered when determining if probable cause exists.

Unlike State v. Davis, 133 N.H. 211, 575 A.2d 4 (1990), and State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 552 A.2d 69 (1988), where the informants were anonymous, the informant here revealed her identity and her relationship to the defendant.

This court has often stated the rule that “[reviewing courts should pay great deference to a magistrate’s determination of probable cause and should not invalidate a warrant by interpreting the evidence submitted in a hypertechnical sense.” State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 187, 552 A.2d 69, 73 (1988) (citations omitted).

While the record, as we have reviewed it above, discloses a reasonable basis for suspecting the defendant’s involvement, it is barren of specific facts which could support a finding of probable cause to enter and search the motel room.

tution, and the fourth amendment of the National Constitution: “‘[G]iven all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before [the magistrate], including the “veracity” and “basis of knowledge” of persons supplying hearsay information, [was there] a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime [would] be found in [the] particular place [described in the warrant?]”’ State v. Carroll, 131 N.H. 179, 186, 552 A.2d 69, 73 (1988) (quoting Illinois v. Gates, 462 U.S. 213, 238 (1983)).

In an opinion which we have today issued, we adopted a totality-of-the-circumstances test, similar to the one adopted by the United States Supreme Court in Illinois v. Gates, as the appropriate standard to be applied under part I, article 19 of the New Hampshire Constitution when determining the validity of a search warrant, based upon information obtained from an informant.