Which of the following, according to the Supreme Court, is a "detached and neutral magistrate"?

A. Town justice who reviewed police probable cause to seize obscene films at search site
B. Municipal court clerk who issued arrest warrants for municipal ordinance violations
C. Magistrate who received a 5 dollar fee for each search warrant issued
D. State attorney general who issued a search warrant to police under a statute giving him such
authority, and who later took charge of the investigation


B

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