Olathe ? A search that led to the discovery of two bodies on farmland belonging to John E. Robinson Sr. was legal, a Johnson County judge ruled Wednesday.

Robinson’s attorneys challenged the legality of the June 2000 search on numerous grounds, including the allegation that police did not have probable cause to search the 17-acre tract in Linn County.

Robinson, who is facing trial in September on charges of capital and first-degree murder, is scheduled back in court Tuesday for a hearing on additional defense motions.

In the Wednesday ruling, Johnson County District Judge John Anderson III said he had reviewed the same documents presented to the judge who issued the search warrant and agreed with the finding of probable cause.

Johnson County authorities were searching for evidence connected with Suzette Trouten, one of the women whose body later was found in the search.

The affidavit presented to the judge mentioned that Robinson checked Trouten out of her hotel and turned her dogs over to animal control officers on the day she disappeared. It also noted a telephone call made that day from the Linn County property to Robinson’s wife in Olathe.

“Certainly a reasonably prudent person could conclude based on this information as well as other information contained in the affidavit that evidence of Suzette Trouten’s disappearance could be found in Linn County,” Anderson wrote.

The ruling Wednesday also found that a district judge in Kansas has the authority to issue a search warrant to be executed anywhere in the state and that Johnson County officers did have jurisdiction in Linn County.