Facts:
The defendant (Defore) was arrested by a police officer for stealing a coat. If he did commit the offense, it was considered a misdemeanor of petit larceny because the overcoat did not cost more than fifty dollars. The defendant was in the hallway of his apartment complex when he was arrested. After Defore was in custody, the arresting police officer went into Defore’s residence and searched it. During his search the officer found a bag, which contained a blackjack (a short, lead-filled club with a flexible handle).
Procedural History:
After trial, Defore was acquitted of the petit larceny charge. While this was going on, he had been indicted in a second offense for possessing the blackjack. Before the trial, he motioned to suppress
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It’s not something that should be protected against a nosy onlooker. There is no connection between the lack of a search warrant and the constitutional freedom against involuntary disclosure. The weapon would have been just as unlawful and involuntary if there was a search warrant. The warrant does not advance the idea that the defendant will be covered against disclosing his own crime. Actually, the warrant is used to urge him to disclose it. Contraband items that are owned without a right and are subject to seizure may be submitted into evidence without infringing upon the rights of self-incrimination, whether the seizure has been made with or without a warrant. Defore made it clear in his objection that the weapon was contraband, but the hat and bag were not. Yet, all of the items were submitted into evidence together. Defore’s objection did not favor one item over the other. If any of the items were admissible, his objection does not succeed. In this situation it is not necessary to find out whether the items are lawfully owned. There are situations when items, not contraband at all, may be seized and submitted into evidence. In this case, if the coat had been priced fifty-one dollars rather than fifty dollars, it would have been a lawful arrest because the police officer might apprehend the defendant if a felony had been committed and there was a reasonable cause to think that he did it. In that case, there might
The officer initiated a traffic stop and observed there were three men in the vehicle. The men were identified as the driver Partlow, and the passengers Pringle, and Smith. The officer asked Partlow for his license and registration. When Partlow opened his glove compartment to get his vehicle registration, the officer observed a large roll of money inside the compartment. He ran Partlow’s information for any wants or warrants and he came back negative for both.
All contraband located on Allen was given to Det Sgt Sibley #42 prior to this officer clearing the
Upon his arrival one of the officers showed Chimel the arrest warrant and asked if he could look around, Chimel objected and in the short of it said no. Even with him objecting the officers read Chimel his rights and then continued to look around the small house, garage, and workshop. In the main bedroom of Chimel home the officers found coins, medals, and tokens in the dresser drawer. Chimel was arrested and the items were placed into evidence, were he would be tried on two charges of burglary. Legal Question: When issued
Id. As the court explained, reversal was appropriate here because though the dynamite could have been used in a device covered by 5845(f), the evidence showed Posnjak ultimately did not possess all the components necessary to construct such a device. Id. Similarly, this record contains no evidence that Ms. Borne possessed all of the necessary components to produce a destructive device. Therefore, because the items in question could not combine to produce any destructive device enumerated in 5845(f)(1) or (2), Ms. Borne’s conviction should be vacated. B.
Procedural History: Goetz, defendant, was indicted by a Grand Jury on January 25 1985, for criminal possession of a weapon in third degree, possession the gun during the shooting, two counts for fourth degree criminal possession of a weapon, and possession of two other weapons. The Grand Jury also indicted him for attempt to the following, murder, reckless endangerment, and assault. He was dismissed for the charges of attempted murder and those that came from the shooting. On March 27, 1985, a second Grand Jury indicted the defendant for four charges for attempted murder, four charges of assault in first degree, one for reckless endangerment, and one for criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree on the grounds that new evidence became
696, 709] suspect 's custody, we think the limitations applicable to investigative detentions of the person should define the permissible scope of an investigative detention of the person 's luggage on less than probable cause. Under this standard, it is clear that the police conduct here exceeded the permissible limits of a Terry-type investigative stop.” “In these respects, the canine sniff is sui generis. We are aware of no other investigative procedure that is so limited both in the manner in which the information is obtained and in the content of the information revealed by the procedure.”
Therefore, the following items were subject to forfeiture or seizure in violation of
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